GIO PONTI 1978 LINO SABATTINI FOR CHRISTOFLE "PAIR OF HANDS" LE MANI SCULPTURES

NICE TALL PAIR OF HANDS, "LE MANI", "11 FINGERS" SCULPTURES, DESIGNED BY GIO PONTI, BOTH THE LEFT 5 FINGERS AND RIGHT HAND 6 FINGERS BOTH ARE DATED LIMITED EDITION FROM THE 1978 AND MADE BY THE SILVERSMITH LINO SABATTINI FOR THE CHRISTOFLE COMPANY IN FRANCE. FROM THE FIRST EDITION SERIES, SERIALLY NUMBERED AS A SET OF TWO PIECES 024/999. THIS PIECE COME ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHRISTOFLE ANTI TARNISH POUCH BAG.

SILVER PLATED OVER STAINLESS STEEL WITH A MEASURE OF 13.5 Inches BY 3.6 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. Pp-390.

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.    

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