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拍品專文
" I leaned it from Adolf Loos, the great pioneering Austrian architect. He used to tell me that the foot and the leg of a chair, or any piece of furniture, must always be "a little too thin," a spire always "a little too high", a bridge always "a little to tense". Always a challenge , always a success. This is the lesson of the obelisk, which is a crystal" Here in his own words, Ponti reveals some of the complex thought processes behind his design methodology - one involving a modernist formalism tinged with historical hints, humor and poetics.
Cassina produced this unique piece for a client in Florence while Ponti was still basking in the success of the now famous superleggera chair of 1957. While a futuristic drive towards weightlessness was a guiding principle in planning this table's architecture, its top recalls the Pirelli building's ground plan, which in turn relates to ancient multifaceted building types.
This lot is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archive.
We would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of and notes for this lot.
Cassina produced this unique piece for a client in Florence while Ponti was still basking in the success of the now famous superleggera chair of 1957. While a futuristic drive towards weightlessness was a guiding principle in planning this table's architecture, its top recalls the Pirelli building's ground plan, which in turn relates to ancient multifaceted building types.
This lot is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archive.
We would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of and notes for this lot.