Willy Rizzo

(Italian, 1928–2013)

Willy Rizzo was an Italian photographer and furniture designer known for his portraits of princes, princesses, playboys, and starlets in the 1950s and 60s. Born on October 22, 1928 in Naples, Italy, he began shooting portraits at the age of 12 and in 1948, he was hired by Paris Match magazine, for whom he photographed the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Fred Astaire, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso, among others. He went on to launch a furniture line in Rome in 1966, inspired by Modernists such as Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. His inaugural collection included steel-banded travertine dining tables and bronze table lamps, and today many of his pieces are exhibited in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He became such a famous chronicler of the glamorous “jet set” of the 1950s, Rizzo was memorably immortalized as the paparazzo Walter Rizotto in Tintin creator Herge’s The Castafiore Emerald in 1963. He died on February 25, 2013 in Paris, France.

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Coffee table / bar table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table / bar table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 7, 2022

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Brigitte Bardot, Saint-Tropez, 1958

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Brigitte Bardot, Saint-Tropez, 1958

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Suite de 4 chaises. Les structures en acier inox

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Suite de 4 chaises. Les structures en acier inox

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Super C & Pouf carré

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Super C & Pouf carré

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Françoise Sagan, Paris, 1965, 1965

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Françoise Sagan, Paris, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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GRANDE TABLE BASSE «FLAMINIA»

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GRANDE TABLE BASSE «FLAMINIA»

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Table basse en bois noirci et inox à caisson...

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Table basse en bois noirci et inox à caisson...

Sale Date: March 11, 2022

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Mode Paco Rabanne, Elsa Martinelli, 1967, 1967

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Mode Paco Rabanne, Elsa Martinelli, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: March 22, 2022

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Miroir, encadrement carré à décor en laiton...

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Miroir, encadrement carré à décor en laiton...

Sale Date: March 17, 2022

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Table lamp, 1970

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Table lamp, 1970

Sale Date: March 10, 2022

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Lampe de table modèle « Love

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Lampe de table modèle « Love

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 26, 2022

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Set of six cantilevered dining chairs,..., 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Set of six cantilevered dining chairs,..., 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 26, 2022

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Set of four cantilevered dining chairs, , 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Set of four cantilevered dining chairs, , 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 26, 2022

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Large square coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

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Large square coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 26, 2022

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Marlene Dietrich at the Paris Hotel, 1956, 1956

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Marlene Dietrich at the Paris Hotel, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: March 15, 2022

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Tavolo basso girevole mod

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Tavolo basso girevole mod

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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RIZZO WILLY (1928 - 2013) attributed...., 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

RIZZO WILLY (1928 - 2013) attributed...., 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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RIZZO WILLY (1928 - 2013) attributed. Console...

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RIZZO WILLY (1928 - 2013) attributed. Console...

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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A pair of Italian lacquered..., 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A pair of Italian lacquered..., 1970–1979

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Sale Date: January 18, 2022

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CENTRAL DRINKS CABINET, CIRCA 1970., 1970

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CENTRAL DRINKS CABINET, CIRCA 1970., 1970

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Willy Rizzo, Carello Cassia side table,..., 1970

Willy Rizzo

Willy Rizzo, Carello Cassia side table,..., 1970

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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