GIO PONTI (1891 - 1979) - Lot 72

GIO PONTI (1891 - 1979) GIO PONTI (1891-1979) & VENINI Eight-light chandelier, in polychrome translucent blown glass, central basket with eight S-bent arms terminating in large translucent glass scalloped bobeches at the edges, upper gilded metal shaft ringed with colored spheres. Dated and numbered. An eight-light chandelier in polychrome translucent blown glass, central basket with eight S-bent arms terminating in large translucent glass scalloped bobeches at the edges, upper shaft in gilded metal ringed with coloured spheres. H 84 x D 89 cm - H 33 1/8 x Diam. 35 in. HISTORICAL Designed by Gio Ponti in 1946 and reissued by Venini since the 1980s. Bibliography : - Charlotte and Peter Fiell, "1000 lights", Editions Taschen, Cologne, 2005, model to be compared with the one reproduced on p. 408. - Ugo La Pietra, "Gio Ponti", Rizzoli, Milan, 2009, model to match that shown on p. 155.