GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUSAN GRANT LEWIN
GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)

THREE SCULPTURES, 1956-1969

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)
THREE SCULPTURES, 1956-1969
comprising swan, moon and watermelon, enameled metal
swan: 8¾ in. (22.2 cm) high, 14 in. (35.6 cm.) wide; moon: 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide; watermelon: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
swan signed De Poli, moon signed Ponti. De Poli 1969, watermelon signed De Poli (3)
Sale room notice
Gio Ponti: A METAPHYSICAL WORLD, Queens Museum Of Art, New York, Feb. 15 - May 20, 2001.i

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In characteristically intuitive fashion, the profiles of these forms were determined by Ponti using only paper and scissors to be executed by the master enameler, De Poli, with whom Ponti had collaborated since the early 1940s.
cf. U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1995, pp. 313, 315, cat. nos. 656, 662, 663 for examples illustrated.

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