ID 880217
Los 407 | GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Schätzwert
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Set of Eight Important Dining Chairs from Villa Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, circa 1954
executed by Cassina, Italy
painted ashwood, leather, brass
32 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 19 in. (83.2 x 49.5 x 48.3 cm)
Provenance
Blanca Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, commissioned directly from the artist, 1954
Thence by descent
Wright, Chicago, 15 December 2011, lot 173
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 12 June 2014, lot 214
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Domus, no. 349, Milan, December 1958, pp. 20-21 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
L. Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, pp. 180-181 (for a discussion of the commission)
M. Porcu, A. Stocchi, Gio Ponti: Tre Ville Inventate, Milan, 2003, pp. 70-99 (for a discussion of the commission), 84, 97 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
L. Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, Milan, 2005, pp. 178-179 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
G. Roccella, Gio Ponti: 1891-1979, Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009, pp. 68-71 (for a discussion of the commission), 70 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 397 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza), 388- 399 (for a discussion of the commission)
Post Lot Text
Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
This lot is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
| Künstler: | Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979) |
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