$68,500
Gio Ponti
Important and early chandelier from the Ponti residence, Liguria
Venini Italy, 1946 hand-blown colored glass, brass, steel 35½ dia x 30½ h in (90 x 77 cm)
result: $68,500
Sold with a copy of a certificate of authenticity from Lisa Licitra Ponti and a copy of correspondence concerning the acquisition of this work.
provenance: Gio Ponti, Liguria | Thence by descent | Collection of Loris Manna, Milan
exhibited: From the Human Scale to Post-Modernism , September - October 1986, Kajima/Seibu Museum, Tokyo
literature: Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986 , Diaz de Santillana, pg. 201, fig. 56 illustrates this example Gio Ponti , Irace, ppg. 60-61 L'Arredamento Moderno , Quarta Serie, Aloi, fig. 192 illustrates variation Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria , La Pietra, pg. 155 illustrates variation
Gio Ponti and his vision served as the inspiration for the important collection of Loris Manna, author of Gio Ponti, The Majolica. For an introduction to the collection, read One Collection, One History by Loris Manna
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-12-13
