Desk from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1957

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GIO PONTI (1891-1979)
Desk from the Villa Goldschmidt, Buenos Aires, Argentina, circa 1957
produced by Giordano Chiesa, Milan, Italy
elm-veneered ash, brass
28 7⁄8 x 58 5⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (73.5 x 149 x 64 cm)

Provenance

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

Literature

"'Proposte per la casa’ alla XI Triennale", Domus, no. 337, December 1957, p. 35
L. Gullbring, Italienska Kulturinstitutet C.M. Lerici: En Arkitektonisk Parla I Stockholm, Stockholm, 2002, p. 7
F. Irace, Gio Ponti a Stoccolma: L’Istituto Italiano Di Cultura “C.M. Lerici”, Milan, 2007, p. 111
A. Greco, Gio Ponti: La Villa PLanchart a Caracas, Rome, 2008, pp. 160-161
H. Gomez, El Cerrito: La Obra Maestra de Gio Ponti en Caracas, Caracas, 2008, p. 304
S. Bouilhet-Dumas, Gio Ponti: Arhi-Designer, Paris, 2018, p. 164
S. Licitra, Gio Ponti, Cologne, 2021, pp. 332, 456-457

Further Details

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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Lot Essay

The present desk model was designed by Gio Ponti for the Milan Triennial XI in 1957. It is a variation of the 'Altamira' desk he designed in 1954 produced by Giordano Chiesa of which Ponti wrote: "This is my masterpiece: I call it my jumping horse: I mean it is a piece of furniture that is very simple but not formally inert."

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