Sold
£15,120
Est
£12,000
-
£18,000
‡
Live Auction
DESIGN
ARTIST
Gio Ponti
Size
99.6 x 349 x 49.5 cm (39 1/4 x 137 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Description
The present lot is part of the same commission as lot 99.
Medium
Walnut, walnut-veneered wood, glass, brass.
Signature
Possibly executed by Fratelli Radice, Milan, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance
Private collection, Milan
Literature
Domus, no. 289, December 1953, n.p. for a comparable example
Domus, no. 315, February 1956, n.p. for a comparable example
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, pp. 184-87 for comparable examples