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Carlo Mollino
Italian • 1905-1973
Biography
Carlo Mollino made sexy furniture. His style may have grown out of the whiplash curves of Art Nouveau, but the sinuous lines of his furniture were more humanoid than vegetal, evoking arched backs and other body parts. Mollino was also an avid aviator, skier and racecar driver — he designed his own car for Le Mans. His love of speed and danger comes across in his designs, which MoMA curator Paola Antonelli has described as having "frisson."
Mollino had no interest in industrial design and the attendant constraints of material costs and packaging. His independent wealth allowed him to pick and choose projects, resulting in an oeuvre of unique, often site-specific works that were mostly executed by the Turin joinery firm Apelli & Varesio. Apart from a coffee table that he designed in 1950 for the American company Singer & Sons, his furniture never went into production. Notwithstanding the support of Gio Ponti, Mollino's design contemporaries largely dismissed him as an eccentric outsider. However, the combination of scarcity (Mollino only made several hundred works in his lifetime), exquisite craftsmanship and idiosyncratic "frisson" has rightly placed Carlo Mollino in the highest tier of twentieth-century design collecting.
Insights
Notable architectural projects by Mollino include the now-demolished equestrian club Società Ippica Torinese, the interior of the Lutrario ballroom, the Casa del Sole in Cervinia and the Teatro Regio in Turin.
"Everything is allowed, imagination is always saved."
Recent Carlo Mollino headlines, Powered by Articker
7 October 2022 | The Architect's Newspaper
Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller celebrates the output of this multihyphenative creative15 March 2022 | barnebys.com
Industrial to Individual: The Uniqueness of Carlo Mollino | Barnebys Magazine3 March 2022 | Sight Unseen
This Italian Furniture Brand Made a Clever Trompe L’Oeil Table, Then Shot It in a Carlo Mollino Masterpiece24 February 2021 | Artforum
Enoc Perez, Brigitte Schindler, Carlo Mollino18 January 2021 | TLmagazine
Carlo Mollino: The Pyramid or the Intelligence of Antiquity – TLmagazine
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Carlo Mollino
Rare chair, from Casa Colonna, Turin
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £94,500
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Carlo Mollino
Set of two bunk beds
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
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Carlo Mollino
"Sciatore" (Skier)
Estimate On Request
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Carlo Mollino
Set of two bunk beds, from Casa del Sole, Cervinia
Estimate £22,000 - 28,000
Sold for £52,500
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Carlo Mollino
Set of ten armchairs, designed for the Lutrario Ballroom, Turin
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £60,000
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Carlo Mollino
Set of six armchairs and two stools, from the Lutrario Ballroom, Turin
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $25,000
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Carlo Mollino
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Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
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Carlo Mollino
Unique pair of lounge chairs, designed for the living room of the Ada and Cesare Minola House, Turin
Estimate £100,000 - 150,000
Sold for £87,500
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Carlo Mollino
Set of three side chairs, designed for the Casa del Sole, Cervinia
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000
Sold for £75,000
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Carlo Mollino
Rare chair, designed for the conference room, Lattes Publishing House, Turin
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £100,000
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Carlo Mollino
Unique pair of wall-mounted bedside tables from Casa Orengo, Turin
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
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Carlo Mollino
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £28,750
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Carlo Mollino
Untitled
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £17,500
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Carlo Mollino
Set of two bunk beds, from Casa del Sole, Cervinia
Estimate $30,000 - 40,000
Sold for $62,500
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Carlo Mollino
Desk, designed for the Lattes Publishing House, Turin
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
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Carlo Mollino
Pair of chairs, designed for the conference room, Lattes Publishing House, Turin
Estimate £160,000 - 220,000
Sold for £239,000
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Carlo Mollino
Pair of stools, from the Lutrario Ballroom, Turin
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $11,875
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Carlo Mollino
Unique pair of lounge chairs, from the living room of the Ada and Cesare Minola House, Turin
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
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Carlo Mollino
Unique "specchio-armadio" and adjustable wall light, from the bedroom of the Ada and Cesare Minola House, Turin
Estimate $250,000 - 300,000
Sold for $298,000
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Carlo Mollino
Unique ceiling light, from the Franca and Guglielmo Minola House, Turin
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $293,000
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Carlo Mollino
Pair of armchairs, designed for the Acotto House, Turin
Estimate $180,000 - 240,000
Sold for $437,000
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Important side chair, designed for Carlo Mollino's office at the Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Torino
Estimate $200,000 - 300,000
Sold for $758,500
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Carlo Mollino
Table, designed for Società Reale Mutua di Assicurazioni, Turin
Estimate $180,000 - 220,000
Sold for $470,500
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Carlo Mollino
Unique rolltop desk, for a private commission, Turin
Estimate $600,000 - 800,000
Sold for $986,500
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