Gio Ponti - Design New York Thursday, June 8, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Cambi, Genoa, "Design," December 18, 2017, lot 64 (partial)
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    "Carta delle poltrone e delle stoffe moderne," Domus, no. 231, December 1948, pp. 48-49 for a drawing
    Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti: Le Navi: Il Progetto degli Interni Navali, 1948-1953, Viareggio, 2007, p. 50

  • Artist Biography

    Gio Ponti

    Italian • 1891 - 1979

    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.

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Property from a Private International Collection

3

Armchair

circa 1948
Walnut, fabric upholstery.
30 1/2 x 27 x 30 1/2 in. (77.5 x 68.6 x 77.5 cm)
Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for $9,525

Contact Specialist

Benjamin Green
Associate Specialist
Associate Head of Sale
bgreen@phillips.com
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Design

New York Auction 8 June 2023