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Gio Ponti
Pair of wall lights, model no. 12661
- Estimate
- $18,000 - 24,000
$20,000
Lot Details
Patinated brass, painted brass, painted steel.
circa 1957
Each: 12 1/4 x 16 x 5 1/4 in. (31.1 x 40.6 x 13.3 cm)
Manufactured by Arredoluce, Monza, Italy. Reverse of one with manufacturer's label printed, AL/MADE IN ITALY/ARREDOLUCE MONZA. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
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Catalogue Essay
The present model wall light was exhibited at the XI Milan Triennale, 1957.
The present lot has been registered in the Arredoluce Archives, Italy, as numbers 8199218 and 7965763.
The present lot has been registered in the Arredoluce Archives, Italy, as numbers 8199218 and 7965763.
Literature
Gio Ponti
Italian | B. 1891 D. 1979Among 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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