Gio Ponti - Design London Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Giordano Chiesa, Milan
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Literature

    Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, pp. 178-79 for similar examples

  • 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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Property from a Milanese Estate

20

'Donna uccello' figure with crinoline

circa 1951
Glazed terracotta.
24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.) high
Manufactured by Gabbianelli, Milan, Italy. Underside painted with manufacturer's logo and P.3. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £6,300

Contact Specialist

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

Design

London Auction 2 November 2022