Gio Ponti - Important Design London Wednesday, March 20, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Società ceramica Richard-Ginori, Ceramiche Moderne d'Arte, Milan, 1930, p. 104

  • 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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Rare 'Arcobaleno' table lamp, model no. 5912

circa 1930
Glazed earthenware, brass, paper shade.
64.2 cm (25 1/4 in.) high including shade
Manufactured by Richard-Ginori, San Cristoforo, Italy. Underside marked RICHARD-GINORI/S.CRISTOFORO/MILANO/MADE IN ITALY and numbered 269.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for £13,750

Contact Specialist
Madalena Horta E Costa
Head of Sale
+44 20 7318 4019
mhortaecosta@phillips.com

Important Design

London Auction 21 March 2019