The Decorative Arts of the 20th Century and Design Department, opened in 2013, is a leader in the sector among Italian auction houses and an important benchmark for collectors, designers, architects and enthusiasts.
Head of Department
Stefano Andrea Poli
Assistants
Eleonora Erriu
Assistant
+39 02 8631425
Maria Ortensia Guidotti
Junior Assistant
+39 02 8631492
Next auction
We are selecting items for the next auction
As usual, the most followed summer auction season in Italy maintains a special focus on vintage design and the world of decorative arts, this time with an important female affirmation on the international market, as reflected in the recent results at Il Ponte in Milan: leading the auction Arti Decorative del '900 e Design (July 3, 4, and 5) was the top lot The Annunciation (1896) by British painter, illustrator, and decorator Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (€ 176,400).
The three sessions dedicated to the Decorative Arts of the 20th Century and Design on 28, 29 and 30 June close the semester of auctions for the Milanese Il Ponte, with rare works, collector's items and winners of illustrious prizes, from Franco Albini , Enzo Mari, Ettore Sottsass, Gaetano Pesce, Pietro Chiesa, Mario Ceroli, Osvaldo Borsani, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, and many others. The total? Over one million euros.
The last pearl that settles on 2022 of Il Ponte is the one represented by the auction of Decorative Arts of the 20th century and Design auction. On 21 and 22 December, the maison totaled 1 million euros in turnover, with 85% of lots sold and 195% of revaluation of the starting estimates. Leading the session, in particular, is Gaetano Pesce. His impressive Moloch lamp was sold for 106.2 thousand euros. Source of light that reflects on the large section dedicated to Murano glass art.
[...] a selection of 137 lots of outstanding collecting and historical-artistic importance. Four works of superlative technical quality, unique pieces signed by the artist are the art glasses of master Yoichi Ohira, which belonged to the collection of a Milanese enthusiast. There will also be Murano glass art, well represented by some rare vases by Tomaso Buzzi, Carlo Scarpa, Vittorio Zecchin, Umberto Bellotto made between the 1920s and 1950s by the furnaces MVM Cappellin, Venini, Vetreria Artistica Barovier. [...] Gio Ponti's mastery is not lacking, as evidenced by a remarkable collection of Richard-Ginori ceramics from the 1920s and some furnishings, all documented and certified.
The auction totaled € 750,000, with 75% of lots sold and 165% revaluation of reserve prices. Excellent results for the Japanese Yoichi Ohira: a glass vase with a cylindrical body from 2003 was sold for 26 thousand euros from an estimate of 8-12 thousand (...). Enzo Mari's cube made in the context of the Programmed Art, sold for 13 thousand euros from an estimate of 550-600 euros, also shows the same interest in the art-design dialogue.
20-century Design at Il Ponte, Milan [...] Increasingly popular in the sales dedicated to 20th-century design is the pursuit of unique designer furnishings, fresh on the market, specially-made for clients. Examples are an elegant mahogany and brass sideboard, top lot of a group of furnishings by Guglielmo Ulrich [...] or a series of furnishings and lamps by Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
... the auction held on 24 and 25 June by Il Ponte in Milan sanctioned the success of Murano glass and radical design: a baluster vase by the Barovier Artists from around 1925, decorated with vertical stripes with red spots on blue background with inclusions of silver leaf and mouth in coral glass paste, has pulverized the estimate of 9-12 thousand euros with an auction of 43,750 and a sofa-island living room model "Safari" by Archizoom Associati for Poltronova from 1967-68 ca, in white painted fiberglass with zebra-striped fabric upholstery, was sold for 35 thousand euros against an estimate of 9-10 thousand. (...)
News
Italian excellence in design wraps up an outstanding year of sales in style...
A chance to virtually dive into the Decorative Arts of the 20th Century and Design Exhibition...
Records and results
Sell with us
We are selecting artworks for the upcoming sale