Giovanni Ponti, known as Gio, born in Milan on 18 November 1891 and died in the same city on 16 September 1979, is considered one of the masters of Italian architecture, as well as one of the most relevant designers and essayists of the 20th century. Alongside the great architectural works that bear his unmistakable signature, there is a vast production in the furniture sector. Read the full biography
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Lot: 69
Measures 20.0 x 42.0 x 14.5 cm
Starting price: € 2.800,00
Lot: 70
Measures 21.5 x 30.0 x 13.0 cm
Starting price: € 1.900,00
Giovanni Ponti, known as Gio, born in Milan on 18 November 1891 and died in the same city on 16 September 1979, is considered one of the masters of Italian architecture, as well as one of the most relevant designers and essayists of the 20th century. Alongside the great architectural works that bear his unmistakable signature, there is a vast production in the furniture sector. In fact, during 1940, a collaboration began with Paolo De Poli, born in Altichiero on 1 August 1905 and died in Padua on 21 September 1996, an artist known for his works in fired enamel on metal. Ponti and De Poli worked on a cycle of frescoes intended for the University of Padua and, following this meeting, they both decided to design and create a series of wooden furniture with enamelled decorations. Gio Ponti defines the line and provides the structure, while De Poli completes the work by enriching it with chromatic nuances. With some of these works, De Poli set up an exhibition in 1942, his first solo exhibition, at the Ferruccio Asta Gallery in Milan, and participated in the Venice Biennale. Due to the outbreak of the Second World War, there was a reduction in the production rate in those years. After the war, towards the end of the 1940s, the collaboration between the two resumed, initially with works for the interior furnishings of some ships and subsequently with an incredible series of figures of animals, suns, stars and devils. The last work born from this collaboration is considered the Bull (1966), stylized in shape and made luminous thanks to the enamel that allows the silver leaf to shine through.
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