Lot 22
Gio Ponti and Others - Assortment of Pottery
Medium

glazed ceramic

Dimensions

height (table lamp): 6 3/4 inches

Estimate: $300 - $500

Price Realized: $1,375
Includes buyer's premium

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Description

comprising: a Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori tile, signed lower right, raised stamps RGM and stamps 'RICHARD-GINORI/ S. CRISTOFORO/ MILANO/ MADE IN ITALY' to underside a Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori teapot, factory marks to the underside 'RICHARD GINORI 83-7' an Art Deco figural table lamp by Armand Godard for Etling Editions, Paris, signed A. GODARD to back, painted factory marks to underside

Provenance

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Condition

tile in good condition, overall with crazing, some glaze losses; teapot with break and associated losses and cracks to spout, some adhesive residue to rim, minor losses to polychrome decoration; table lamp in overall very good condition, some accretions, minor losses to polychrome decoration

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Seymour Stein

Image for Collection Seymour Stein

Legendary Sire Records co-founder, Seymour Stein, kick-started the era of punk and new wave music in the 1970s and ‘80s, by signing to the label such iconic artists as the Ramones, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Ice-T, and famously, in 1982, Madonna. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

Beginning in the early 1970s, while traveling as a young businessman throughout Europe, Stein developed an enthusiasm for early 20th-century art. Wherever he went, he sought out antique stores, art fairs, and major auction houses — ultimately forging a vast collection.

The Collecting Eye of Seymour Stein, Sotheby’s 2003 auction showcased Stein’s interest in Art Deco furniture and porcelain, metalwork and glassware, European Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Works from the distinguished collection were also included in Sotheby’s 2018, Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, auction.

Seymour Stein passed on April 2nd, 2023