GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Wall Light from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1957
manufactured by Greco, Italy
brass, painted brass, painted wood
24 3⁄8 x 12 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ in. (61.9 x 32.7 x 12 cm)
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Wall Light from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1957
manufactured by Greco, Italy
brass, painted brass, painted wood
24 3⁄8 x 12 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ in. (61.9 x 32.7 x 12 cm)
Alfredo and Irene Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, commissioned from the artist, circa 1957 Thence by descent to the present owner
L. Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, 1990, pp. 137, 166, 195 (for related examples) Gio Ponti: Oggetti di design 1925-1970, exh. cat., Galleria Babuino Novecento, Rome, 2007, pp. 56-57, 85 (for related examples) H. Gomez, El Cerrito: La Obra Maestra de Gio Ponti en Caracas, Caracas, 2008, p. 285 U. La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, n.p., pp. 195, no. 411; 250, no. 525 (for related examples) S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 8, 419-420, 424 and 161, 190, 214-215, 236, 286, 288, 375, 393, 421-423, 470, 485, 570 (for related examples)
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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