GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

Lot 415
09.12.2022 11:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 15 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 880169
Lot 415 | GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 20 000
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

Pair of Armchairs, designed for the S.S. Conte Grande, circa 1949

manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy

walnut, fabric upholstery

32 1/2 x 28 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (82.6 x 73.3 x 70.5 cm)





Provenance

Phillips, New York, 6 June 2017, lot 149

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

"Alcune opere d'arte sul Conte Grande," Domus, no. 244, March 1950, pp. 14, 17, 19, 22, 25.

P. Piccione, Gio Ponti: le navi: il progetto degli interni navali, 1948-1953, Viareggio, 2007, pp. 41, 43-45, 50-51, 56, 60-63

U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, p. 221

D. Guarnati, espressione di Gio Ponti, Milan, 2011, p. 86

D. Finamore, G. Wood, Ocean Liners Glamour, Speed and Style, New York, 2016, pp. 180-182 (for discussion of commission and period photographs)

S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 194, 198, 200-201 (for period photographs)
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