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Gio Ponti
Italian • 1891-1979
Biography
Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways.
In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli.
Insights
As of August 2016, Phillips holds four of the top five highest prices for Ponti pieces, including a unique and large dining table (circa 1959) that achieved £194,500 in the December 2015 Design Masters sale in London.
Gio Ponti founded Domus magazine with Giovanni Semeria. The first issue was published on 15 January 1928 and is still in print today.
In 1958 Alberto Pirelli hired Ponti to design the Pirelli Tower in Milan, which was one of the earliest Modern skyscrapers in Italy.
During the 1950s boom of ocean liners, Ponti was called in to design the interior of two new major Italian transatlantic liners: the Giulio Cesare and the Andrea Doria.
"Nothing has ever been done that hasn't been dreamed about first."
Recent Gio Ponti headlines, Powered by Articker
15 December 2022 | Architectural Digest
How Gio Ponti’s Classic Brass Mirror Became a Designer Favorite22 September 2022 | The New York Times
Gio Ponti’s Surrealist Playground, Revisited4 September 2022 | Dream Idea Machine
BOOK:Gio Ponti-Taschen Publications28 July 2022 | Sight Unseen
Tour the Incredible 1930s and 40s Gio Ponti Interiors Hidden in a 13th-Century Italian University28 July 2022 | Los Angeles Times
Gio Ponti's only U.S. building is delightfully weird — and freshly revamped
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Gio Ponti
Wall light, designed for the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
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Coffee table
Estimate $3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $10,080
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Side table
Estimate $5,000 - 7,000
Sold for $12,600
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Table
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $35,280
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Low table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
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Coffee table
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £20,160
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'Angelo'
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £8,190
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Female figure
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £8,820
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Angel figure
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £6,930
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Unique ashtray
Estimate £700 - 900
Sold for £2,772
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Pair of armchairs
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £19,530
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'Gambe'
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £56,700
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'Donna uccello' figure with crinoline
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
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'Donna uccello' figure with dress
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
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Rare vase
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £6,048
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Rare side table
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,970
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Four prototype sculptures
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000
Sold for £17,640
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'Donna uccello' figure with corset
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,300
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'Maschera'
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £69,300
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Monumental vase
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £15,120
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Lounge chair
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £18,900
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Pair of andirons
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £17,640
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Headboard with integrated bedside tables, picture frame and drawer unit
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £15,120
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Wall-mounted unit and shelves with integrated picture frame
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £16,380
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