Thierry Roche, Lyon
WYETH, Sagaponack
Sotheby's, New York, "WYETH: The Art Of Timeless Design," June 7, 2016, lot 479
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Per ufficio, mobili in metallo," Domus, no. 314, January 1956, p. 56
Domus, no. 323, October 1956, p. 41
Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, p. 176
Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni '40 e '50, Bari, 2010, p. 252
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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