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From Royère to Lalanne: Property from a Private New York Collection

Gio Ponti

"Apta" Folding Table

Auction Closed

June 11, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

From Royère to Lalanne: Property from a Private New York Collection

Gio Ponti

"Apta" Folding Table 


circa 1970

produced by Walter Ponti, San Biagio, Mantua

painted wood

29 ½ in. (74.9 cm) high

47 in. (119.4 cm) diameter, fully extended

Piasa Paris, March 23, 2022, lot 226

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2022

"Maggior Spazio Godibile in Minor Superficie," Domus, no. 490, September, 1970, pp. 27-28

Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 249

Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interiors, Objects, Drawings 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, p. 254

Ugo La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. 378-380 (for related models from the "Apta" series)