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22Gio PontiRare ‘Distex’ armchaircirca 1953 Fabric, vinyl, walnut. 79 x 80 x 106.5 cm (31 1/8 x 31 1/2 x 41 7/8 in.) Manufactured by Cassina, Meda, Italy. Together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives. Estimate £18,000 - 24,000 Place Advance BidContact Specialist Madalena Horta E Costa Head of Sale, Associate Specialist +44 20 7318 4019 MHortaECosta@phillips.com
Condition ReportSign UporLog InDescriptionOur Buyer's Premium has been updated. View our Conditions of Sale.ProvenancePrivate collection, TurinLiterature'Linea e comfort', Domus, no. 289, December 1953, p. 53; no. 293, April 1954, front cover; no. 308, July 1955, n.p. Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, p. 172Catalogue EssayThe present model was exhibited at the X Milan Triennale, 1954.Read MoreArtist BiographyGio PontiItalian • 1891 - 1979Follow Among the most prolific talents to grace twentieth-century design, Gio Ponti defied categorization. Though trained as an architect, he made major contributions to the decorative arts, designing in such disparate materials as ceramics, glass, wood and metal. A gale force of interdisciplinary creativity, Ponti embraced new materials like plastic and aluminum but employed traditional materials such as marble and wood in original, unconventional ways.In the industrial realm, he designed buildings, cars, machinery and appliances — notably, the La Cornuta espresso machine for La Pavoni — and founded the ADI (Industrial Designer Association). Among the most special works by Gio Ponti are those that he made in collaboration with master craftsmen such as the cabinetmaker Giordano Chiesa, the illustrator Piero Fornasetti and the enamellist Paolo de Poli.View More Works