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A limited edition of the Dezza armchair by Gio Ponti to celebrate 60th anniversary of this iconic design.
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Dezza — Gio Ponti
Poltrona Frau
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03 Photographic sets and scenography – 1950 circa.
Courtesy Gio Ponti Archives
© Gio Ponti Heirs Historical Archive
04 Photographic sets and scenography – 1950 circa.
Courtesy Gio Ponti Archives
© Gio Ponti Heirs Historical Archive
07 Cover of ‘Lo Stile’ August September October – 1943.
© Salvatore Licitra-Gio Ponti Archives
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08 Cover of ‘Lo Stile’ August September October – 1943.
© Salvatore Licitra-Gio Ponti Archives
10. Project for a film based on Pirandello’s Enrico IV – 1940.
© Salvatore Licitra-Gio Ponti Archives
Salvatore Licitra
© Gio Ponti Archives
Whereas the ceramic hands/objects can only be presented in the correct
proportions, because they relate to the body, the first ancestral measuring
instrument. 03 04
Additionally, it must be said that Ponti's multiform hands are a
tribute to the craftsmanship of the artist’s and ceramist’s ability
to animate matter with his own hands, but they are also concise
symbols of humanity, as can be seen when viewed on the covers
of the ‘lo Stile’ magazine 07 08
Finally, they remain a testament to the fervent debate within Ponti’s
storyboard for an unprecedented cinematic adaptation of Pirandello’s
Enrico IV in 194010.
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