GIO PONTI (1891-1979) - photo 1
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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

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07.12.2023 11:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1105286
Lot 62 | GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

Set of Three 'Superleggera' Chairs, Model No. 699, from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1957

produced by Cassina, Meda, Italy

ash, cellophane

32 5⁄8 x 15 ¾ x 17 1⁄8 in. (83 x 40 x 43.5 cm)





Provenance

Alfredo and Irene Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, commissioned from the artist, circa 1957

Thence by descent to the present owner



Literature

“Mostra a Villa Olmo”, Domus, no. 335, October 1957, p. 43

"'Proposte per la casa’ alla XI Triennale", Domus, no. 337, December 1957, pp. 33, 34

"La sedia 'Supperleggera' di Gio Ponti", Domus, no. 352, March 1959, pp. 44-45

L. Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, 1990, pp. 15 (for a discussion of this design), 172, 174-175, 195, 229

T. Smith, ed., Modern Design: The Fabulous 50s, Atglen, 2002, p. 223

L. Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni 1920-1976, Milan, 2005, pp. 170-171, 186, 189, 245, 247

Gio Ponti: Oggetti di design 1925-1970, exh. cat., Galleria Babuino Novecento, Rome, 2007, pp. 48-49, 82

Gio Ponti: designer, exh. cat., Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2007, pp. 29, 38

U. La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, n.p.; pp. 232, no. 488; 244-246, no. 517-519; 251-253, nos. 526-529 and 532-533

S. Bouilhet-Dumas, Gio Ponti: Arhi-Designer, Paris, 2018, pp. 214-217, 219

S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 11, 272-273, 298, 299 (for a sketch of this design), 300-301, 364-365, 367, 370-371, 398-399, 420-424, 451, 456-457, 460-461, 470, 480-483, 505



Further details

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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