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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Important Console Table from Villa Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, circa 1954
executed by Giordano Chiesa, Italy
laminate, painted walnut, brass
37 7/8 x 59 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (96.2 x 150.5 x 43.8 cm)
Provenance
Blanca Arreaza, Caracas, Venezuela, commissioned directly from the artist, circa 1954
Thence by descent
Wright, Chicago, 15 December 2011, lot 174
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 12 June 2014, lot 215
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Domus, no. 349, Milan, December 1958, pp. 5-22 (for a discussion of the commission)
L. Ponti, Gio Ponti The Complete Work 1923-1978, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, pp. 180-181 (for a discussion of the commission)
M. Porcu, A. Stocchi, Gio Ponti Tre Ville Inventate, Milan, 2003, pp. 70-99 (for a discussion of the commission)
G. Roccella, Gio Ponti 1891-1979, Master of Lightness, Cologne, 2009, pp. 68-71 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti Cologne, 2021, pp. 388- 399 (for a discussion of the commission)
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Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
This lot is accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity from the Gio Ponti Archives.