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Gio Ponti Set of twelve dining chairs, designed for the 'Augustus' transatlantic ocean liner 1950 Stained teak, fabric. Each: 80 x 54 x 53 cm (31 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 20 7/8 in) Manufactured by Cassina, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives (12).
Provenance 'Augustus' transatlantic ocean liner, Italy, 1950 Literature Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti II Progetto Degli Interni Navali, 1948-1953, Milan, 2007, pp. 120-21, 126-29 for a similar example Ugo La Pietra ed, Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, pp. 224-25, figs. 463-65 for a similar example Germano Celant, ed., Espressioni di Gio Ponti exh. cat., Triennale, Milan, 2011, p. 51, fig. 80, p. 105, fig. 161 for a similar example Daria Guarnati, ed., ‘Espressioni di Gio Ponti’, Aria D’Italia VIII, Milan, 2011, pp. 75, 82 for a similar example Artist Bio Gio Ponti Italian • 1891 - 1979 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