Gio Ponti's Mirror / Lucio Pozzi

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Accession Number
2008/2.254
Title
Gio Ponti's Mirror
Artist
Lucio Pozzi
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
born Italy, 1935
Medium and Support
watercolor on paper
Object Creation Date
1993
Object Creation Place
North America
American
Creation Place 1
North America
Creation Place 2
American
Style/Group/Movement
conceptual art
Dimensions
31 cm x 46 cm (12 3/16 in. x 18 1/8 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
abstract
Secondary Object Classification
Drawing
Secondary Object Type
abstract
Physical Description
A small, squat rectangle divided into two halves is centered on a large sheet of paper. The left half is a blue wash with black marks; the right half is a light gray wash with blue marks.
Subject Matter
This geometric, linear drawing is likely an abstract portrait of Gio Ponti. A central figure in Italy's post-war design renaissance, Ponti was a poet, painter, industrial designer and founding editor of Domus magazine as well as an architect. [http://designmuseum.org/design/gio-ponti]
Going against the descriptiveness of the title, however, Pozzi has stated: “My painting doesn’t start from any premise other than the analysis of its own elementary characteristics. It does not include in its combination of elements outside premises such as mathematics, vegetation, primitive cultures, modern publicity, traditional symbolism, the esoteric or the occult. It is not at the service of anything, it doesn’t represent anything.” (cited in Bret Waller, Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art)
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Image Size
3433 x 2313
File Size
1 MB
Record
2008/2.254
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.254/2008_2_254.jpg

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"Gio Ponti's Mirror; Lucio Pozzi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.254/2008_2_254.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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