Multi-Use Organizing Wall | Wright
Prix estimatif: 12.000-15.000 US$
Enchères:
Modernist 20th Century
Date de vente: 2004-06-06
Lieu des enchères:
Chicago
Numéro du lot: 225
Design
Gio PontiFabricant Giordano Chiesa
Numéro ID d'Architonic
4104057
Mahogany, Securit glass, concealed fluorescent lighting
142"w x 23"d x 42.5"h
Ponti states, "bookcases are not spaces to be filled, they are instead vertical surfaces to be composed with books, objects, magazines and also a lighting element. Behind each book shelf there is a fluorescent light, so that you no longer turn on one light, but rather a whole wall" (Domus, 1950).
Literature: Gio Ponti, la Pietra, pg. 188
Provenance: Private Collection, South America
142"w x 23"d x 42.5"h
Ponti states, "bookcases are not spaces to be filled, they are instead vertical surfaces to be composed with books, objects, magazines and also a lighting element. Behind each book shelf there is a fluorescent light, so that you no longer turn on one light, but rather a whole wall" (Domus, 1950).
Literature: Gio Ponti, la Pietra, pg. 188
Provenance: Private Collection, South America
