Gio Ponti - Design & Design Art New York Thursday, December 13, 2007 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni'' 40 e ''50, Roma-Bari, 1992, p. 133 for a similar example; Patrick Favardin, Les Années 50, Paris, 1999, p. 49 for a similar example; Museu do Design: Luxo, Pop, Cool, De 1937 Até Hoje, exh. cat., Museu do Design, Lisbon, 1999, pl. 30 for a similar example

  • 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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Rocking chair

ca. 1950
Walnut, fabric, elasticized banding, plastic.
37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm) high
Manufactured by Cassina, Italy.  Banding stamped numerous times with “P” and a shield.

Estimate
$20,000 - 25,000 

Sold for $18,750

Design & Design Art

13 Dec 2007, 2pm
New York