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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
22 April 2021 | The Architect's Newspaper
The Denver Art Museum’s Gio Ponti-designed tower will reopen after a $150 million campus transformation20 April 2021 | Surface Mag
A Miami Beach Estate Inspired by Gio Ponti and Midcentury Magic City6 April 2021 | Architectural Digest
Gio Ponti’s Daughter Was an Accomplished Artist in Her Own Right4 March 2021 | Dezeen
D.154.2 armchair by Gio Ponti via Molteni&C11 February 2021 | Hong Kong Tatler
A New Book On Architect Gio Ponti Sheds Light On His Legacy In Asia
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Gio Ponti
Pair of "Distex" armchairs
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $88,200
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Pair of daybeds
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $22,680
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Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $22,680
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Gio Ponti
Desk, from the Vetrocoke offices, Milan
Estimate $10,000 - 15,000
Sold for $32,760
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Gio Ponti
Occasional table
Estimate $7,000 - 9,000
Sold for $7,560
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Coffee table
Estimate $70,000 - 90,000
Sold for $88,200
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Low table
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $16,380
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Daybed
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $30,240
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Dressing table
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $27,720
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Sofa
Estimate $6,000 - 8,000
Sold for $25,200
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“Diamond” flatware service for 24
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $40,320
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Gio Ponti
Cabinet
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $63,000
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Folding mirror
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,640
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Pair of rare lounge chairs
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $35,280
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Gio Ponti
Coffee table, from the "Modern by Singer" series
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
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Pair of wingback armchairs, designed for the Hotel Royal, Naples
Estimate HK$70,000 - 90,000
Sold for HK$176,400
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Pair of wall lights with niches
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £44,100
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Prototype ‘Mariposa’ sofa, designed for the XI Milan Triennale
Estimate £70,000 - 90,000
Sold for £252,000
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Gio Ponti
Rare ‘Distex’ armchair
Estimate £18,000 - 24,000
Sold for £28,980
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Gio Ponti
Set of four side chairs, model no. 601
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,930
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Gio Ponti
Dining table
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £40,320
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Rare dressing table and 'Superleggera' side chair, model no. 699, designed for the XI Milan Triennale
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £35,280
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Rare low table, designed for the RAI Headquarters, Milan
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £94,500
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