Gio Ponti - Design London Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | Phillips

Design

London Auction 31 October 2023

  • Provenance

    Lino Sabattini, Como
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2010

  • Literature

    Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’Arte si innamora dell’Industria, New York, 2009, pp. 303-05

  • 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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Gio Ponti

Two flower and candle holders (one prototype)

circa 1956
Silver-plated brass.
Left: 18.1 x 32 x 12 cm (7 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Right: 19.2 x 19.4 x 15 cm (7 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Executed by Lino Sabattini, Milan, Italy. Underside of prototype impressed -PORTAFIORI E CANDELIERE/PROT. LINO SABATTINI/DESIGN GIO PONTI 1956
and underside of other impressed LINO SABATTINI ITALY DESIGN GIO PONTI-1956. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ‡

Sold for £9,525

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com

 

Design

London Auction 31 October 2023