Giò Ponti, Paolo De Poli
Rare enamelled copper sculpture called “Anguria”, ca. 1950s
Country
Italy
Colour
Material
Copper and enamel
Condition
Excellent
Width
24 cm ( 9 3/8 in )
Height
11,5 cm ( 4 1/4 in )
Marking
Incised signature De Poli
Ponti was a human oxymoron: eclectic and rationalist, figurative and abstract, prophet of the avant-garde and protector of tradition. De Poli was his hand, his pupil, the man of colour. Everything was born of sketches on cardboard and two-millimetre-high copper plates: genius needed nothing else. - Alessandra Troncana (Corriere Della Serra)