Gio Ponti
A Rare Sofa for Palazzo Liviano, University of Padua
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gio Ponti
1891-1979
A Rare Sofa for Palazzo Liviano, University of Padua
circa 1939
produced by Fratelli Scremin, Belluno, Italy
with manufacturer's plaque MOBILI D'ARTE/SCREMIN/BELLUNO
French walnut, leather upholstery
height 35 in.; width 59 ¼ in.; depth 25 ¾ in.
89 cm; 150.5 cm; 65.5 cm
Palazzo Liviano, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;
Private Collection, New York;
Wright Chicago, November 19, 2015, lot 3;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, June 10-September 17, 2017
Mario Universo, Gio Ponti Designer: Padova 1936-1941, Rome, 1989, p. 50
Irene De Gutty and Maria Paola Maino, Scremin: Mobili d'arte, Padua, 1997, p. 67
Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, 2004, pp. 121-123 (for a discussion on the commission)
Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design, exh. cat., Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, 2017, p. 50
This lot is accompanied by a letter of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
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