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Gio Ponti and Paolo De Poli
Pair of "Gatto" statuettes, model no. 1012
- Estimate
- $5,000 - 7,000
$12,500
Lot Details
Enameled copper.
circa 1956
Each: 2 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (7 x 34.3 x 8.9 cm)
Underside of each signed De Poli and with paper label printed SMALTI/DE POLI/35139 PADOVA and "GATTO" dis. Gio Ponti/smalto-su-rame in pen.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Gio Ponti designed a series of animal figurines and masks with Paolo de Poli. Ponti designed the forms while de Poli perfected the enamel glaze on the copper figures. The present lot is a wonderful example of this collaboration and is particularly noteworthy as it was recently chosen for the Gio Ponti exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Provenance
Exhibited
Literature