Gio Ponti
Desk and wall bookcase
Lot Closed
September 27, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
45,000 - 55,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Gio Ponti
Desk and wall bookcase
Circa 1953
Oak veneer, solid oak, linoleum, lacquered metal, brass and glass
Egidio Proserpio edition, Barzanò, Italy
Desk: 79 x 259 x 92.2 cm.; 31 ⅛ x 102 x 36 ¼ in.
Wall bookcase: 144.3 x 279.5 x 48.5 cm.; 56 ¾ x 110 x 19 ⅛ in.
Il pannello-cruscotto per la scrivania di un dirigente d’azienda, Domus, no. 228, September 1948, pp. 22-23 for a similar example
Domus, no. 283, June 1953, Proserpio advertisement
Domus, no. 289, December 1953, Proserpio advertisement
Domus, no. 293, April 1954, Proserpio advertisement
Roberto Aloi, Esempi Di Arredamento Moderno, Di Tutto Il Mondo: Tavoli Tavolini Carrelli, Milan, 1955, fig. 151 for a similar example
Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti: L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 190 for a similar example
The lot is sold together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives, Milan, Italy.