A selection of post-war Italian pieces from the interiors of Casa Lucano, a large apartment in Milan designed by Gio Ponti in 1951, will be offered in a joint auction by Phillips and Italian auction house Cambi in London on March 21.
Titled Casa di Fantasia, the sale comprises a total of 30 lots, including chairs, tables and sculptures originally designed for the apartment and described in the catalogue notes as styled on a domestic blend of ‘Italian Metaphysical and French Surrealist art of the early and mid-20th century’. Ponti collaborated with a number of artists and craftsmen for the project, including Piero Fornasetti, Edina Altara and Giordano Chiesa.