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Gio Ponti

Pair of armchairs, from the First Class Ballroom of the Augustus transatlantic ocean liner

Lot Closed

September 27, 02:31 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Gio Ponti


Pair of armchairs, from the First Class Ballroom of the Augustus transatlantic ocean liner


1950

Velvet upholstery and beech wood

71.3 x 77 x 73,5 cm.; 28⅛ x 30¼ x 29 in.

70 x 77.7 x 73 cm.; 27½ x 30⅝ x 28¾ in.

Augustus transatlantic ocean liner, Italy, 1950

Casa d'Aste Capitolium, Brescia, 25 November 2015, lot 259

Acquired from the above by the current owner

Opere d'arte sull'Augustus, Domus, no 272, July 1952, p. 26

Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti: Le navi, Il progetto degli interni navali 1948-1953, Viareggio, 2007, p. 33, fig. 41

The lot is sold together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives, Milan, Italy.