Live Auction 2569Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
GIO PONTI (1891-1979) AND PAOLO DE POLI (1905-1984)
Lot 191 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUSAN GRANT LEWIN

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

THREE SCULPTURES, 1956-1969

Closed14 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)

Specialist note

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.