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COLLECTION OF MURRAY MOSS AND FRANKLIN GETCHELL

GIO PONTI

‘Parete Organizzata’ illuminated wall organizer, 1950-1953

Mahogany-veneered wood, Vitrex glass, frosted glass, brass.Mahogany-veneered wood, Vitrex glass, frosted glass, brass.

82 1/2 x 116 1/8 x 14 1/2 in (209.6 x 295 x 36.8 cm)

Manufactured by Giordano Chiesa, Italy. Each piece of glass acid-etched with ‘VITREX’.

Sold for $86,500

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  Provenance Primavera Gallery, New York
  
  Literature ‘Spedizione per Stoccolma N.5’, Domus, 282, May 1953, p. 37 for a similar example
  Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, p. 188, fig. 390
  Murray Moss ‘Murray Moss’, Casa Grazia, no. 12, December 2011, pp. 82-83
  Murray Moss, ‘Midtown? Yes, Midtown: Design maven Murray Moss lives with the tourists—and loves every minute of it’, New York Magazine: Design, Summer 2012, illustrated p. 127
  Arlene Hirst, ‘TDA/Total Design Addict’, Elle Décor Italia, no. 9, September 2012, illustrated cover, pp. 182, 187
  
  
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