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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 2021 | Invaluable
Gio Ponti: Modernist Master19 November 2021 | stirworld.com
‘Amare Gio Ponti’ celebrates 130 years of the Italian design legend17 November 2021 | Whitewall
Brand New: Gio Ponti x Oliver Peoples, Clare V x Grace Lee, and More10 November 2021 | stupidDOPE
Architecture Dictates Design in the Gio Ponti Oliver Peoples Eyewear Release8 November 2021 | Fashion United
Oliver Peoples collaborates with Gio Ponti estate
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Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $56,700
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Gio Ponti
Pair of rare armchairs, model no. 489
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
Sold for $88,200
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Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs, model no. 811
Estimate $28,000 - 32,000
Sold for $52,920
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Gio Ponti
Coffee table, model no. 2155, from the "Modern by Singer" series
Estimate $12,000 - 18,000
Sold for $32,760
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184
Gio Ponti
Writing desk
Estimate HK$55,000 - 75,000
Sold for HK$56,700
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225
Gio Ponti
Rare side table
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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226
Gio Ponti
Two-seater sofa
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £40,320
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Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £28,980
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239
Gio Ponti
Coffee table
Estimate £35,000 - 45,000
Sold for £55,440
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242
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Desk
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £6,300
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268
Gio Ponti
Rare occasional table
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £20,160
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269
Gio Ponti
Pair of benches
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £8,820
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Gio Ponti
Armchair, designed for the first class reading and writing room of the 'Oceania' ocean liner
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £31,500
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Gio Ponti
Sideboard, model no. 2184, from the ‘Modern by Singer’ series
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £23,940
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Gio Ponti
Set of nine stools
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £20,160
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309
Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs, model no. 589
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,720
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315
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Trumeau, from the 'Domus Nova' series
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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317
Gio Ponti
Armchair
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,340
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321
Gio Ponti
Side table
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000
Sold for £10,710
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323
Gio Ponti
Set of 14 dining chairs
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £17,640
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335
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Two-seater sofa, from the Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
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"Domus" flatware service for 10
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
Sold for $3,780
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Swivel chair designed for the Montecatini Office Building, Milan
Estimate £500 - 700
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Pair of side chairs designed for the Montecatini Office Building, Milan
Estimate £1,000 - 2,000
Sold for £1,512
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