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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Important Dining Table from Villa Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, circa 1954
executed by Giordano Chiesa, Italy
laminate, painted wood, brass
30 in. (76.2 cm) high, 76 7/8 in. (195.3 cm) diameter
Provenance
Blanca Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, commissioned directly from the artist, 1954
Thence by descent
Wright, Chicago, 15 December 2011, lot 172
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 12 June 2014, lot 213
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Domus, no. 349, Milan, December 1958, pp. 5-22 (for a discussion of the commission), 20-21 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
L. Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, pp. 180-181 (for a discussion of the commission)
M. Porcu, A. Stocchi, Gio Ponti Tre Ville Inventate, Milan, 2003, pp. 70-99 (for a discussion of the commission), 84 and 97 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
L. Falconi, Gio Ponti Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, Milan, 2005, pp. 178-179 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza, captioned as Villa Planchart)
F. Irace, Gio Ponti a Stoccolma: L'istituto Italiano Di Cultura, Florence, 2007, pp. 105-106 (for an example of this model in the Istituto Italiano di Cultura)
G. Roccella, Gio Ponti 1891-1979, Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009, pp. 68-71 (for a discussion of the commission), 70 (for the present lot in situ at the Villa Arreaza)
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti Cologne, 2021, pp. 397 (for the present lot in situ at the villa Arreaza), 388- 399 (for a discussion of the commission)
Post lot text
Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
This lot is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.