LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Enameled copper tiles, walnut-veneered wood, walnut

Measurements:

27.52 in. (69.90 cm.) (height) by 36.77 in. (93.40 cm.) (width) by 17.09 in. (43.40 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

One tile signed with artist's signature 'Paolo De Poli X7'. Underside with original exhibition inventory paper label 'XXIII. Biennale Internazionale/di Venezia - 1942 - XX/1098' and another inventory paper label with '55 / A'.

Exhibited:

'XXIII International Biennale', Venice, 1942, inv. no. 1098

Literature:

Franco Grigioni, Arredamento, Milan, 1956, fig. 255 Guy Cogeval and Giampiero Bosoni, Il Modo Italiano: Italian Design and Avant-garde in the 20th Century, Montreal, 2006, p. 238, fig. 166 for a similar example Ugo La Pietra,ed., Gio Ponti: L'arte si innamora dell'industria, New York, 2009, p. 140, fig. 302 for a similar example Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, p. 140 for a similar example

Provenance:

Collection of Filippo de Pisis, Casa de Pisis, Venice