PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

Lot 423
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ID 880134
Lot 423 | PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
PIERO FORNASETTI (1913-1988) AND GIO PONTI (1891-1979)

'Architettura' Secretaire Trumeau, designed circa 1950, executed circa 1987

lithographic and transfer-printed wood, ebonized wood, brass, glass

95 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 16 in. (217.8 x 38.7 x 40.6 cm)

with paper label Fornasetti Milano inside top drawer





Provenance

Norton-Blumenthal, Inc., New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988



Literature

“Piero Fornasetti: Playful Graphic Art from Italy.” Grabrauchsgraphik 6, Munich, 1962, n. p.

A. Branzi, M. De Lucchi, Il Design Italiano Degli Anni ’50, Milan, 1981, p. 111 (for a related example)

P. Mauries, Fornasetti Designer of Dreams, London, 1991, pp. 20, 53, 100-101

U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, Milan, 1995, p. 168

P. Favardin, Les Annees 50, Paris, 1999, p. 31

A. Bony, Meubles et Décors des Années 40, Paris, 2002, n. p.

C. and P. Fiell, Domus III 1950-1954, Cologne, 2006, p. 161 (for a related example), 550

M. Casadio, Fornasetti, I. L'artista alchimista, II. La bottega Fantastica, 2009, p. 357

B. Fornasetti, Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, New York, 2010, pp. 344-45 (for period photograph of designer with the example), 349 (for the present lot and related example)

I. de Guttry, M. Maino, Il Mobile Italiano Deglianni ’40 E ’50, Rome, 2010, pp. 164-65
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