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Property from a Private collects or

Gio Ponti

Pair of "Diamond" Armchairs from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GTNN

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private collects or

Gio Ponti

Pair of "Diamond" Armchairs from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina


circa 1953

offered en suite with the following lot

produced by Cassina, Italy

brass, skai, green velvet upholstery

27 x 31 3/4 x 32 in. (68.6 x 80.6 x 81.3 cm) each

Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private collects ion, South America
Private collects ion, New York
Private collects ion, Los Angeles
Wright, Chicago, December 8, 2009, lot 250
Private collects ion, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner
"Una porta, e nuovo mobili," Domus no. 321, August 1956, pp. 21-24 (for period photographs of the model in the Lisa Ponti House, Milan, Italy) 
Gio Ponti 1891-1979, exh. cat., The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, September 19-October 7, 1986, pp. 127-128 (for photographs of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan, 1957), 140
Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920-1976, 2004, p. 182
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, pp. vi, 250 (for a photograph of the model in Gio Ponti's sitting room, Milan), 324 (for a photograph of the model in Villa Nemazee, Tehran, 1960)
This lot is offered together with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.