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Gio Ponti Early center table, from a private commission 1940s Walnut, walnut-veneered wood, glass. 31 1/2 in. (80 cm) high, 50 5/8 in. (128.6 cm) diameter Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.
Provenance Private collection, Italy Literature Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti Interiors, Objects, Drawings, 1920-1976, Milan, 2004, p. 160 for a similar example Michael Webb Modernist Paradise, Niemeyer House/Boyd Collection, New York, 2007, p. 101 for a similar example Ugo La Pietra ed., Gio Ponti New York, 2009, p. 200, fig. 429 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