A PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL SPECIMEN MARBLE, PORPHYRY, AND EBONIZED OBELISKS DESIGNED BY RENZO MONGIARDINO
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April 22, 05:41 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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A PAIR OF NEOCLASSICAL SPECIMEN MARBLE, PORPHYRY, AND EBONIZED OBELISKS DESIGNED BY RENZO MONGIARDINO
height 33 in.; diameter of base 5 ½ in.
83.8 cm; 14 cm
Two nearly identical pairs of obelisks were sold Sotheby's New York, 30 September 2005, lot 141, and 30 September 2004, lot 155.
The Italian designer Renzo Mongiardino (1916-1998) created some of the most important interiors of the postwar period, including those of Gianni Agnelli, Aristotle Onassis, Lee Radziwill, and Gianni Versace, and was also a set designer for film and opera.