Lot No. 224


A set of five “Pillola” lights, designed by Emanuele Ponzio & Cesare Casati, 1968,


A set of five “Pillola” lights, designed by Emanuele Ponzio & Cesare Casati, 1968, - Design

for Studio D. A. and Nai Ponteur, Italy, red, blue, green, yellow and cream coloured methacrylate, white plastic illuminant, circular acrylic stand, height 54 cm. (DRAX)

In Original packaging.

Lit.:
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 96 - G. Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano, Turin, 2003, p. 151 - A. Bangert, Italian Furniture Design, Munich, 1988, p. 165.

With its centre of gravity located so far down, the lamp will keep its balance in any position. Based on the idea of Pop Art to transport everyday objects into other dimensions, the designers started out from the form of a pill and brought it to a different level of meaning and function.

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at

06.11.2014 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 5,000.-
Estimate:
EUR 3,400.- to EUR 3,500.-

A set of five “Pillola” lights, designed by Emanuele Ponzio & Cesare Casati, 1968,


for Studio D. A. and Nai Ponteur, Italy, red, blue, green, yellow and cream coloured methacrylate, white plastic illuminant, circular acrylic stand, height 54 cm. (DRAX)

In Original packaging.

Lit.:
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1972, p. 96 - G. Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano, Turin, 2003, p. 151 - A. Bangert, Italian Furniture Design, Munich, 1988, p. 165.

With its centre of gravity located so far down, the lamp will keep its balance in any position. Based on the idea of Pop Art to transport everyday objects into other dimensions, the designers started out from the form of a pill and brought it to a different level of meaning and function.

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 06.11.2014 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 29.10. - 06.11.2014


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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