Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne
Property from a Private Collector
Gio Ponti
Pair of "Diamond" Armchairs from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Auction Closed
May 25, 06:32 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collector
Gio Ponti
Pair of "Diamond" Armchairs from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina
circa 1953
offered en suite with the following lot
produced by Cassina, Italy
brass, skai, green velvet upholstery
27 x 31 3/4 x 32 in. (68.6 x 80.6 x 81.3 cm) each
Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private Collection, South America
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Wright, Chicago, December 8, 2009, lot 250
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
Private Collection, South America
Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Wright, Chicago, December 8, 2009, lot 250
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
"Una porta, e nuovo mobili," Domus no. 321, August 1956, pp. 21-24 (for period photographs of the model in the Lisa Ponti House, Milan, Italy)
Gio Ponti 1891-1979, exh. cat., The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, September 19-October 7, 1986, pp. 127-128 (for photographs of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan, 1957), 140
Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920-1976, 2004, p. 182
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. vi, 250 (for a photograph of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan), 324 (for a photograph of the model in Villa Nemazee, Tehran, 1960)
Gio Ponti 1891-1979, exh. cat., The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, September 19-October 7, 1986, pp. 127-128 (for photographs of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan, 1957), 140
Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920-1976, 2004, p. 182
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. vi, 250 (for a photograph of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan), 324 (for a photograph of the model in Villa Nemazee, Tehran, 1960)
This lot is offered together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.