$25,000
Ico and Luisa Parisi
custom library
Italy, c.
1951 walnut, glass, brass 62 w x 20 d x 115 h in (157 x 51 x 292 cm)
result: $25,000
Library features nine adjustable glass shelves and five adjustable wood shelves; fourteen shelves total. This custom library was built for a showroom in Como. The form is reminiscent of the library system Parisi designed for the IX Triennale di Milano (1951).
provenance: Private collection, Como | Rossella Colombari, Milan | Wright, Italian Design: Colombari Collection , 6 December 2005, Lot 514 | Private collection, New York
literature: Storia del Disengo Industriale Italiano , Pansera, pg. 133 illustrates variation Ico Parisi: La Casa , Gualdoni, pg. 95 illustrates variation
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-12-13
