Gio Ponti
Pair of Side Tables for the First Class Ballroom of the Augustus Ocean Liner
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Gio Ponti
1891–1979
Pair of Side Tables for the First Class Ballroom of the Augustus Ocean Liner
circa 1950
plastic laminate, mahogany, painted steel, nickel-plated brass
height 22 ⅞ in.; diameter 23 ⅜ in. each
58.1 cm; 59.4 cm
Augustus Ocean Liner, 1950;
Private Collection;
Phillips London, April 25, 2013, lot 32;
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
Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti: Le Navi, Il progetto degli interni navali 1948-1953, Milan, 2007, p. 33
Modern Living: Gio Ponti and the Twentieth-Century Aesthetics of Design, exh. cat., Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, 2017, p. 105
This lot is accompanied by a letter of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
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