59. 59W JOE COLOMBO (1930-1971) Elda armchair Created in 1963 Comfort edition Fibreglass and leather H: 93 cm (36.1/2 in.); W: 96 cm (37.3/4 in.); D: 90 cm (35.1/2 in.) A copy of this model is in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (inv. AM 1993-1-806). Provenance Sale Contemporary Art & Design, Cornette de Saint Cyr, Brussels, 26 April 2015, lot 219 Acquired from the latter by the current owner Bibliography A. Bony, Les Années 60, Ed. du Regard, Paris, 1983, p. 370 I Colombo. Joe Colombo 1930-1971. Gianni Colombo 1937-1993, exhibition catalogue, Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bergamo, 19 February-14 May 1995, pp. 62, 63, 94, 95, 147, 241 A. Bony, Meubles et décors des années 60, Ed. du Regard, Paris, 2003, p. 38 G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico. Volume I, Ed. U. Allemandi & C, Turin, 2003, p. 114 P. Garner, Sixties Design, Taschen, Cologne, 2003, p. 120 A. Bony, Meubles et décors des années 70, Ed. du Regard, Paris, 2005, p. 184 Joe Colombo, l'invention du futur, exhibition catalogue, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 28 March-19 August 2007, p. 42, 43, 104, 105, 144, 145