Lot 131: CARLO GRAFFI (1925-1985) and FRANCO CAMPO (b. 1926)

A Brass, Plywood and Carved Maple Armchair, circa 1951
manufactured by Apelli & Varesio, Turin
38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm.) high, 30 1/2 in. (77.5 cm.) wide, 40 in. (101.5 cm.) deep

New York, Barry Friedman Ltd., Design Italian Style: Furniture and Glass of the 1950's, May-July 1997.

Private collection, Paris.
With Barry Friedman Ltd., New York.

Property from the Collection of Dakis Joannou

cf. Domus, July 1953, no. 284, p. 47.

A. Bony, Les Années 50, Paris, 1982, p. 296 for an illustration of a chair of this design, incorrectly attributed to Carlo Mollino.

I. de Guttry and M. P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni '40 e '50, Rome, 1992, p. 127 for an illustration of a chair of this design.

Luxo, Pop & Cool de 1937 até hoje, Museo do Design, Lisbon, 1999, fig. 28 for another example.