A steel-framed coffee table with a square central top and two projecting arcs, featuring a stretched leather intermediate shelf topped by a second shelf of transparent smoked glass. Willy Rizzo (1928-2013) began his career in Paris, where he photographed stars and starlets for "Ciné Mondial," "Point de Vue," and later "Images du Monde." He covered the Nuremberg Trials and produced major photo essays, notably in Tunisia on the Mareth Line. In 1947, the British agency Blackstar sent him to the United States to "photograph what astonished him": from a $1 machine dispensing nylon stockings to drive-in movie theaters. But he preferred women and fashion, and settled in Los Angeles. Max Corre, with whom he had collaborated at France Dimanche, called him to announce that Jean Prouvost was launching a major magazine in Paris. He returned and met Hervé Mille. This marked the beginning of the Paris Match adventure. In 1959, Rizzo became art director of Marie-Claire and collaborated with major fashion magazines, including Vogue, where Alex Liberman asked him to work "with his vision." In 1968, he moved to Rome and began designing for his own needs because, according to him, "antique or Scandinavian furniture was neither comfortable nor simple enough." Due to growing demand, he established his own workshops. However, in the late 1970s, the fall of Cinecittà and the rise of terrorism brought his Roman period to an end. Willy then sold his business and returned to Paris, where he continued to draw and practice photography until his death in 2013.
- Reference :
- 1602
- Availability :
- Sold
- Width :
- 118 (cm)
- Height :
- 34 (cm)
- Depth :
- 64 (cm)
- Identify Exists:
- False
