GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
'Diavoli', circa 1950
produced by Smalti di de Poli
enameled copper
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14 x 19 x 10.8 cm)
incised de Poli
GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
'Diavoli', circa 1950
produced by Smalti di de Poli
enameled copper
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14 x 19 x 10.8 cm)
incised de Poli
Wright, Chicago, 16 January 2020, lot 319 Acquired from the above by the present owner
P. de Poli and G. Ponti, De Poli: Smalti Enamels Emaux Emaile Esmaltes, Milan, 1958, n.p., fig. 38 (for a related example) L’Arte dello Smalto Paolo De Poli, exh. cat., Comune di Padova Unione Provinciale Artgiani, Padova, 1984, p. 83 (for a related example) L. Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, 1990, p. 179 (for a related example) L. Falconi, Gio Ponti: Oggetti di design 1925-1970, exh. cat., Galleria Babuino Novecento, Rome, 2007, pp. 46-47, 81 (for related examples) U. La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, pp. 314, 315 (for a sketch of a related design) G. Celant, Espressioni di Gio Ponti, exh. cat., Triennale di Milano, Milan, 2011, pp. 10, 32 (for a related example) A. Bassi and S. Maffioletti, eds., Paolo de Poli artigiano, impreditore, designer, Padova, 2017, pp. 192-193, 355, 412 (for related examples) S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 360-361 (for a related example)
Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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