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Sold with certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTOR
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
AN IMPORTANT DINING TABLE FROM VILLA ARREAZA, CARACAS, 1954
Details
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
AN IMPORTANT DINING TABLE FROM VILLA ARREAZA, CARACAS, 1954
executed by Giordano Chiesa, laminate, lacquered wood, brass
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, 76½ in. (194.4 cm.) diameter.
AN IMPORTANT DINING TABLE FROM VILLA ARREAZA, CARACAS, 1954
executed by Giordano Chiesa, laminate, lacquered wood, brass
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high, 76½ in. (194.4 cm.) diameter.
Provenance
Blanca Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela;
Wright, Chicago, 15 December 2011, lot 172.
Wright, Chicago, 15 December 2011, lot 172.
Literature
Domus, n. 348, December 1958, photographer Paolo Gasparini, this example shown in situ at Villa Arreaza;
G. Roccella, Gio Ponti 1891-1979, Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009, pp. 68-71 for details on the commission, illustrated in situ p. 70;
M. Porcu, A. Stocchi, Gio Ponti: Tre Ville Inventate, Milan, 2003, pp. 70-93 for details on the commission, illustrated in situ pp 84 and 97;
F. Irace, Gio Ponti a Stoccolma: L'istituto Italiano Di Cultura, Florence, 2007, pp. 105-106.
G. Roccella, Gio Ponti 1891-1979, Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009, pp. 68-71 for details on the commission, illustrated in situ p. 70;
M. Porcu, A. Stocchi, Gio Ponti: Tre Ville Inventate, Milan, 2003, pp. 70-93 for details on the commission, illustrated in situ pp 84 and 97;
F. Irace, Gio Ponti a Stoccolma: L'istituto Italiano Di Cultura, Florence, 2007, pp. 105-106.
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