GIO PONTI 1978 LINO SABATTINI CHRISTOFLE "BIRD" SCULPTURE

NICE STYLIZED FIGURE OF A "BIRD" SCULPTURE DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND ARE DATED 1978 AND MADE BY THE SILVERSMITH LINO SABATTINI FOR THE CHRISTOFLE COMPANY IN FRANCE. FROM THE FIRST EDITION SERIES..

SILVER PLATED OVER STAINLESS STEEL WITH A MEASURE OF 3.25 Inches BY 4.1 Inches. STAMPED HALL MARKS "CHRISTOFLE GIO PONTI LINO SABATTINI FECIT 1978 024/999" Published picture in the Gio Ponti Book- Ugo La Pietra Rizzoli, 1995.

GIOVANNI "GIO" PONTI (1891-1979) WAS A VERY FAMOUS ITALIAN ARCHITECT. WORK INDEPENDENTLY AND FOR SEVERAL ITALIAN COMPANIES AS AN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER, LIKE RICHARD GINORI AND FONTANA ARTE IN MILANO. ALSO WORK FOR THE VENINI GLASS COMPANY IN VENICE. HIS MORE NOTABLE WORKS WAS THE PIRELLI BUILDING IN MILANO, . FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS ITALIAN DESIGNERS MAGAZINE DOMUS.