Lot Essay
These designs are related to a series of sketches, composed of 'talking faces and talking hands', created for Luigi Pirandello's 'Henry IV' screenplay, 1940.
MASKS, DRAWING, 1942
Details
GIO PONTI (1891-1975)
MASKS, DRAWING, 1942
pencil on paper, later framed and glazed
17¾ in. (19.5 cm.) x 16½ in. (16.5 cm.) approx. excluding frame
signed in pencil Ponti 42
MASKS, DRAWING, 1942
pencil on paper, later framed and glazed
17¾ in. (19.5 cm.) x 16½ in. (16.5 cm.) approx. excluding frame
signed in pencil Ponti 42
Literature
Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, pp. 120-121 (related drawings illustrated)
Special notice
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