Sold
£20,320
Est
£18,000
-
£24,000
‡
Live Auction
DESIGN
ARTIST
Pietro Chiesa
Size
74.5 x 210.4 x 85.5 cm (29 3/8 x 82 7/8 x 33 5/8 in.)
Description
The present lot formerly belonged to Luigi Scarabello, an Italian footballer who was a member of the Italian national team that won the gold medal in football at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His wife, Lilia Silvi, was a glamourous film actress who appeared in several films from the 1930s to the 1950s alongside other popular film stars of the era such as Amedeo Nazzari and Renato Rascel.
Medium
Glass, brass, brass-covered steel.
Signature
Manufactured by Fontana Arte, Milan, Italy.
Provenance
Luigi Scarabello and Lilia Silvi, Italy
Thence by descent
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, fig. 137