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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.