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GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)
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GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)

THREE SCULPTURES, 1956-1969

Fermé14 June 2012

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)
THREE SCULPTURES, 1956-1969
comprising swan, moon and watermelon, enameled metal
swan: 8¾ in. (22.2 cm) high, 14 in. (35.6 cm.) wide; moon: 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide; watermelon: 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
swan signed De Poli, moon signed Ponti. De Poli 1969, watermelon signed De Poli (3)

Note du spécialiste

In characteristically intuitive fashion, the profiles of these forms were determined by Ponti using only paper and scissors to be executed by the master enameler, De Poli, with whom Ponti had collaborated since the early 1940s.
cf. U. La Pietra, Gio Ponti, New York, 1995, pp. 313, 315, cat. nos. 656, 662, 663 for examples illustrated.