Utopia: Lost and Found 
1 April 2008
Utopia: Lost and Found 
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Cesare Casati and Emanuele Ponzio

set of four Pillola lamps from the Nai collection

Ponteur
Italy, 1968
ABS plastic 21½ h × 5 dia in (55 × 13 cm)
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $3,900
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These early examples of the Pillola lamps were acquired from Martino Brizio of Ponteur. Sold with original packaging and various spare parts.
provenance: Martino Brizio, Italy
literature: Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Ambasz, pg. 96 Design Italiano: 1950-2000, Gramigna, pg. 151 Light-Lamps 1968-1973: New Italian Design, Ferrari and Ferrari, fig. 22

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