produced by Cassina, Meda, Italy
painted brass, leather and hide upholstery
27 x 53¹⁄₄ x 32 in. (68.6 x 135.3 x 81.3 cm)

Alfredo and Irene Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, commissioned from the artist, circa 1957
Thence by descent to the present owner

“Mostra a Villa Olmo”, Domus, no. 335, October 1957, p. 43
"'Proposte per la casa’ alla XI Triennale", Domus, no. 337, December 1957, p. 32
A. Branzi and M. de Lucchi, eds., Il design italiano degli anni ’50, Milan, 1981, p. 81, no. 191
L. Falconi, Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni 1920-1976, Milan, 2005, pp. 184, 186, 248-249
A. Greco, Gio Ponti: La Villa PLanchart a Caracas, Rome, 2008, p. 83
H. Gomez, El Cerrito: La Obra Maestra de Gio Ponti en Caracas, Caracas, 2008, pp. 42, 47, 279
U. La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, Milan, 2009, p. 238, nos. 504-505
I. de Guttry and M. P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni ‘40 e ’50, Rome, 2010, p. 240, no. 32
S. Bouilhet-Dumas, Gio Ponti: Arhi-Designer, Paris, 2018, p. 200
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 350-351, 451, 462-463

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.

Christie's would like to thank Brian Kish for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.

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