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158 GIO PONTI and PAOLO DE POLI 1891–1979, 1905–1984 ‘Cat’ sculpture, c. 1956. Enamelled copper. 14 × 51 × 6.5 cm (5 1/2 × 20 1/8 × 2 5/8 in). literature Andrea Branzi and Michele De Lucchi, eds., Il Design Italiano Degli Anni ’50, Milan, 1985, p. 192; Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 1996, p. 312; Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus Vol. IV 1955–1959, Cologne, 2006, p. 346 Estimate £3,0 0 0 – 5 ,0 0 0 $4,50 0 – 7,50 0 €3,50 0 – 5 ,9 0 0
157 GIO PONTI and PAOLO DE POLI 1891–1979, 1905–1984 ‘Devil’ and ‘Bull’ sculptures, c. 1956. Enamelled copper (2). ‘Devil’: 16 × 21 × 11 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 4 1/4 in); ‘Bull’: 13 × 26 × 7.5 cm (5 1/8 × 10 1/4 × 3 in). literature Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 1996, p. 314; Laura Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni 1920–1976, Milan, 2004, pp. 46 and 81 Estimate £3,50 0 – 4 ,50 0 $5,20 0 – 6 ,70 0 €4,10 0 – 5 ,3 0 0 251
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