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Ignazio Gardella

Wall-mounted modular bookcase, model Lib2

Lot closes

November 15, 03:28 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 EUR

Starting Bid

7,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Ignazio Gardella


Wall-mounted modular bookcase, model Lib2

 

Designed in 1955

Teak, teak-veneered wood, painted steel and brass

Azucena edition, Milan, Italy

211 x 246 x 34.5 cm.; 83 ⅛ x 96 ⅞ x 13 ⅝ in.

Capitolium Art Casa D'Aste, Brescia, 25 May 2021, lot 105

Acquired from the above by the current owner

Private collection, Germany

Una nuova libreria di Gardella, Domus, no. 321, August 1956, p. 48

Alla XI Triennale di Milano, Domus, no. 337, December 1957, p. 20

Ignazio Gardella, Giulio Carlo Argan, Ignazio Gardella, Milan, 1959, pp. 194-195

Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950/1980 Immagini e cintributi per una storia dell'arredo italiano, Milan, 2001, p. 92

Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano, 1950-2000, Per L'Arredamento Domestico, Turin, 2003, p. 42