On Thursday October 19, 2023, PIASA is holding an auction dedicated to 20th-century Italian design. Featuring 212 lots, the sale offers a remarkable overview of Italian furniture production from the 1930s to the early 1970s.
This autumn sale features pieces by architects and designers who are at the origin of this scene's international renown, and whose creations have become today's references.
Lot 31 - Max Ingrand (1908-1969)
Model 1657
Estimate: 18 000 / 25 000 €
The selection of pieces offered for sale features several sets designed by figures such as Gio Ponti, Osvaldo Borsani, Studio B.B.P.R. (Gian Luigi Banfi, Ludovico Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressuti & Ernesto Nathan Rogers), Gino Sarfatti or published by companies such as Fontana Arte. Renowned for the extreme quality of its glass objects, notably lighting fixtures, this design publisher is also present through more hybrid furniture and accessories that combine glass elements with wood, as well as certain pieces stamped Max Ingrand, who was the company's artistic director for a decade, starting in 1954.
Lot 83 - Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
Coffee table
Estimate: 60 000 / 90 000€
The catalog also includes a number of highly singular pieces, such as two bamboo side tables by Gabriella Crespi, and furniture from the 1950s by Ettore Sottsass, who is more often mentioned for his post-modern designs - the Memphis period - but whose early creations already bear witness to the extraordinary talent of this Italian maestro.
Lot 107 - Fontana Arte (XXe)
Suspension
Estimate: 20 000 / 30 000 €
