Desk from the Parco de Principi Hotel | Phillips, de Pury & Company
Estimated value: 40.000-60.000 US$
Auction:
20-21st Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-05-22
Location:
New York
Lot number: 124
Design
Gio PontiYear 1950s
Architonic id
4104585
Ash, green leather writing surface, brass sabots and knob 301/8 x 521/8 x 221/8 in. (76.5 x 132.4 x 56.2 cm)
Provenance:
Parco de Principi Hotel, Rome literature "Il Nuovo Albergo 'Parco dei Principi' in Roma," Domus, April 1965, pp. 47-56 Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 1996, pp. 368-373
It is believed that Ponti used earlier designs of his from the 1950s to accompany his furniture designs for the Parco de Principi hotel which was built in 1965.
Provenance:
Parco de Principi Hotel, Rome literature "Il Nuovo Albergo 'Parco dei Principi' in Roma," Domus, April 1965, pp. 47-56 Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 1996, pp. 368-373
It is believed that Ponti used earlier designs of his from the 1950s to accompany his furniture designs for the Parco de Principi hotel which was built in 1965.
