Design Edit Milan
Design Edit Milan
Giò Ponti
Proteo table lamp
Lot Closed
June 27, 05:14 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Rare Proteo table lamp
designed in 1967
lacquered steel and brass
Paper label with handwriting SAGIM Art 5242 N / 72.000 to the underside covered by transparent sellotape
Sagim edition, Italy
32,5 x 36,5 x 21 cm; 12 13/16 x 14 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.
Private collection, Italy
This rare lamp is one of only a few known existent examples of Gio Ponti’s Proteo lamp. The elegant arcs of the tiered sheet metal shade elements provide a soft gradual dispersal of light and gracefully echo the curved arm of the vivid base. Executed in the late 1960s, the lamp is an example of Ponti’s architectonic forms and is an important model produced by Sagim, a small lighting company in the Veneto region, Italy.
The lot is sold together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives