Gio Ponti - Design London Thursday, May 12, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, Milan

  • Literature

    Domus, no. 293, April 1954, front cover
    Domus, no. 308, July 1955, p. 64
    'Accanto alla architettura', Domus, no. 312, November 1955, p. 20
    Roberto Aloi, L’Arredamento Moderno: Sesta Serie, Milan, 1955, fig. 283
    'Una porta, e nuovi mobili', Domus, no. 321, August 1956, pp. 21, 23
    Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: the Complete Work, 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 160
    Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano degli Anni '40 e '50, Bari, 1992, pp. 41, 241
    Marco Romanelli, Gio Ponti: a World, Milan, 2002, p. 58
    Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, pp. 172, 182
    Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’Arte si innamora dell’Industria, New York, 2009, pp. 226, 227

  • 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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Pair of 'Distex' armchairs, model no. 807

circa 1953
Fabric, stained beech.
Each: 81.3 x 80.6 x 108.2 cm (32 x 31 3/4 x 42 5/8 in.)
Manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Estimate
£24,000 - 28,000 Ω

Sold for £32,760

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Antonia King

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Design

London Auction 12 May 2022