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.

Willy Rizzo Artworks

Willy Rizzo (1,003 results)

Credenza con frigo bar

Willy Rizzo

Credenza con frigo bar

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Credenza

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Set di cinque sedie in legno laccato con seduta...

Willy Rizzo

Set di cinque sedie in legno laccato con seduta...

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Mobile contenitore con struttura in legno...

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore con struttura in legno...

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Mobile contenitore con struttura in legno...

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore con struttura in legno...

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Lampada da terra mod. Ob Or con struttura,...

Willy Rizzo

Lampada da terra mod. Ob Or con struttura,...

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Paire de commodes en bois entièrement...

Attributed to Willy Rizzo

Paire de commodes en bois entièrement...

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Dining table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Dining table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Games table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Games table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 18, 2021

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Marilyn Monroe, Beverly Hills, 1962

Willy Rizzo

Marilyn Monroe, Beverly Hills, 1962

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Marlene Dietrich at the Paris Hotel, 1956

Willy Rizzo

Marlene Dietrich at the Paris Hotel, 1956

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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FAUTEUIL ET OTTOMAN cuir et métal, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

FAUTEUIL ET OTTOMAN cuir et métal, 1970–1979

Sale Date: November 20, 2021

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a 'Savage' dining table, Sabot, Italy,..., 1970–1989

Willy Rizzo

a 'Savage' dining table, Sabot, Italy,..., 1970–1989

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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A Willy Rizzo-style modern chrome and glass..., 1950

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A Willy Rizzo-style modern chrome and glass..., 1950

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Table basse - 1971, 1971

Willy Rizzo

Table basse - 1971, 1971

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Small table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Small table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Tavolo basso

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Sofa, 2010

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: August 13, 2021

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Bar, 1970

Attributed to Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: August 13, 2021

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Credenza per Mario Sabot, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Credenza per Mario Sabot, 1970

Sale Date: May 13, 2021

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Tavolo basso girevole con pozzetto mod. TRG. , 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo basso girevole con pozzetto mod. TRG. , 1970

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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Tavolo rotondo mod. TP UNOPIEDI con..., 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo rotondo mod. TP UNOPIEDI con..., 1970

Sale Date: May 27, 2021

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COFFEE TABLE, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

COFFEE TABLE, 1970–1979

Sale Date: July 11, 2021

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