Sold for:
$4,800
$4,800
Italy, 1936 aluminum, vinyl 18 w x 19½ d x 34½ h in (46 x 50 x 88 cm)
Designed for the Montecatini Corporation, producers of aluminum products.
Ponti challenged the notion of mass produced items as necessarily uninventive; the series utilizes multiple standardized elements combined in various ways to create six distinct forms. This example has the original Bakelite feet. Impressed marks to bottom: [Montecatini S.A. modello 1938]. literature: Sitting on the Edge, Antonelli, pl. 43-44
Gio Ponti: L'Arte Si Innamora Dell'Industria, La Pietra, ppg. 84-85
result: $4,800
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Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2005-09-25
