139. Gio Ponti
1891-1979
Desk, circa 1936 Oak, oak-veneered wood, painted wood, rubber, tubular steel, brass, glass. 80.8 x 200.3 x 79.9 cm (31 3/4 x 78 7/8 x 31 1/2 in.) Together with a certifcate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives. Estimate £6,000-8,000 $7,700-10,300 €6,600-8,800
Literature ‘Un palazzo del lavoro’, Domus, no. 135, March 1939, pp. 36, 37 for similar examples Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti: L’ arte si innamora dell’ industria, New York, 2009, p. 81, fg. 186, p. 85, fg. 191 for similar examples Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interiors, Objects, Drawings 1920-1976, Milan, 2010, p. 118 for similar examples
Provenance Private collection, Padua
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