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Property from a Private Italian Collection Gio Ponti Early ceiling light circa 1931 Chromium-plated metal, opaque glass. 50 cm (19 5/8 in.) high, 50 cm (19 5/8 in.) diameter Manufactured by Luigi Fontana & C., Milan, Italy.
Provenance Private collection, Ferrara Acquired from the above by the present owner Literature 'Alcuni negozi moderni in Italia', Domus, no. 80 , August 1934, p. 40, figs. 1-2 for a larger example Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 49 for a larger example Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti L’arte si innamora dell’industria, New York, 2009, p. 70, fig. 166 Laura Falconi, ed., Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2010, pp. 64-65 for a larger 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