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Gio Ponti

Pirellina table lamp, model 2781

Fontana Arte
Italy, 1967 / 2018
textured glass, brushed aluminum, plastic 15 h × 6⅝ w × 3 d in (38 × 17 × 8 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $1,320
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Decal manufacturer's label to underside ‘Fontana Arte Made in Italy 220 V mod. 2781’.
literature: Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978, Licitra Ponti, pg. 235 Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Deboni, fig. 381

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Everything is going from heavy to light, from the gross to the subtle, from the colorless to the colorful [...] from the fragmentary to the unitary, from the complicated to the linear. Anyone going in the opposite direction is in error.

Gio Ponti

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