Gio Ponti - Design London Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private collection, Belgium, circa 1953
    Thence by descent
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2022

  • Literature

    Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 96 for a similar example

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present nine-armed chandelier was originally ordered from Venini in this bespoke combination of green, red, blue and clear glass for a home decorated by renowned Belgian gallerist, designer and interior decorator Emiel Veranneman.

  • 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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Nine-armed chandelier, model no. 5557

circa 1947
Coloured glass, glass, brass, aluminium.
91.2 cm (35 7/8 in.) drop, 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.) diameter
Produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy. Top of arm-holder impressed with 5557 and assembly numbers 1 to 9.

Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for £8,890

Contact Specialist

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

 

Design

London Auction 31 October 2023