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)

Lampada Love, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Lampada Love, 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Tavolo basso, 1966

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Tavolo basso, 1966

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Mobile bar, 1966

Willy Rizzo

Mobile bar, 1966

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Scultura in acciaio, 1968

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Scultura in acciaio, 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Mobile stereo, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Mobile stereo, 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Willy Rizzo

Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Willy Rizzo

Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Willy Rizzo

Libreria con mobile contenitore ad ante e..., 1968

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Mobile contenitore, 1966

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore, 1966

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Mobile contenitore, 1966

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore, 1966

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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WILLY RIZZO STEEL 'LOVE' TABLE LAMP

Willy Rizzo

WILLY RIZZO STEEL 'LOVE' TABLE LAMP

Sale Date: June 22, 2018

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Lampada da tavolo, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Lampada da tavolo, 1970–1979

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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Pair of Willy Rizzo Triple Frame Steel and Brass

Willy Rizzo

Pair of Willy Rizzo Triple Frame Steel and Brass

Sale Date: June 6, 2018

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Tavolo con struttura, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo con struttura, 1970

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Credenza modello Savage con struttura, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Credenza modello Savage con struttura, 1970

Sale Date: May 16, 2018

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Tavolo con struttura in legno, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo con struttura in legno, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Mobile contenitore Savage, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore Savage, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Mobile contenitore Savage, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore Savage, 1973

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Mobile contenitore Savage, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore Savage, 1973

Sale Date: May 15, 2018

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Tavolo basso, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo basso, 1970

Sale Date: May 10, 2018

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Table, 1969

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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GUY BOURDIN ET NICOLE DE LAMARGÉ

Willy Rizzo

GUY BOURDIN ET NICOLE DE LAMARGÉ

Sale Date: April 25, 2018

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Console en laque, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Console en laque, 1970

Sale Date: April 23, 2018

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WILLY RIZZO COFFEE TABLE FOR CIOVE, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

WILLY RIZZO COFFEE TABLE FOR CIOVE, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 16, 2018

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