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Gio Ponti, attribution

desk

Italy, c. 1940
tempered glass, brass, rubber 29¾ h × 61 w × 31¼ d in (76 × 155 × 79 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
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This desk is a variation of the form designed by Gio Ponti for the Societa Vetrococke building, Milan.
Signed with acid-stamps to side: [Temprit] and top: [Fervitro V/S]. Sold with a certificate of expertise from the Gio Ponti Archives.
provenance: Alexandre Fruitman, Brussels | Private Collection
literature: Gio Ponti: Interni, Oggetti, Disegni, 1920-1976, Falconi, pg. 120 illustrates variation

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