Giò Ponti
"Legge Mediterranea" Panel

"Legge Mediterranea" Panel
"Legge Mediterranea" Panel
"Legge Mediterranea" Panel
DesignerItalian, 1891–1979
CultureItalian
Titles
  • "Legge Mediterranea" Panel
  • Mediterranean Law
Date1954
MediumScreen printed cotton sateen
Dimensions94 3/8 × 53 3/8 in. (239.7 × 135.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Nancy Daily
Object number2022.50
Non exposé

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Object Type
Provenance[Anonymous dealer, California, 2021]; [Cora Ginsburg, 2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
Recto: Artist signature stamped within pattern in gray ink: Gio Ponti [cursive]
Recto: Artist signature stamped within pattern in gray ink: Gio Ponti [cursive]
Recto: Stamped within pattern in blue ink: LEGGE MEDITERRANEA: TUTTO, AL MARE, DEVE ESSERE COLORATISSIMO [Mediterranean Law: Everything at the sea must be very colorful]
Recto: Manufacturer and artist name stamped in black ink along left and right selvages: JSA / disegno di Gio Ponti

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