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)

Four chairs, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Four chairs, 1970

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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Buffet, 1928–2013

Willy Rizzo

Buffet, 1928–2013

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Table basse, 1928–2013

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1928–2013

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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TRG bar table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

TRG bar table, 1970

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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SUSAN STRASBERG

Willy Rizzo

SUSAN STRASBERG

Sale Date: November 30, 2015

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MODE PACO RABANNE (ELSA MARTINELLI), 1967

Willy Rizzo

MODE PACO RABANNE (ELSA MARTINELLI), 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 2015

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MODE PACO RABANNE (ELSA MARTINELLI), 1967

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MODE PACO RABANNE (ELSA MARTINELLI), 1967

Sale Date: November 30, 2015

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CATHERINE DENEUVE, 1965

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CATHERINE DENEUVE, 1965

Sale Date: November 30, 2015

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BERNADETTE LAFONT (LA LOUVE), 1965

Willy Rizzo

BERNADETTE LAFONT (LA LOUVE), 1965

Sale Date: November 30, 2015

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Coffee Table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Coffee Table, 1970

Sale Date: November 9, 2015

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Coffee Table, 1960

Willy Rizzo

Coffee Table, 1960

Sale Date: November 9, 2015

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Un tavolino girevole

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Un tavolino girevole

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Un tavolino

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Funny Faces (11 works), 1966

Willy Rizzo

Funny Faces (11 works), 1966

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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A large table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A large table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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Table basse pivotante, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse pivotante, 1970

Sale Date: October 25, 2015

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Sideboard of black lacquered wood, front with...

Willy Rizzo

Sideboard of black lacquered wood, front with...

Sale Date: October 26, 2015

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Bar, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: October 19, 2015

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Table

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: September 12, 2015

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Sideboard, front with three drawers, under which

Willy Rizzo

Sideboard, front with three drawers, under which

Sale Date: September 21, 2015

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Sideboard, front with three drawers, under which

Willy Rizzo

Sideboard, front with three drawers, under which

Sale Date: September 21, 2015

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Sideboard, 1972–1973

Willy Rizzo

Sideboard, 1972–1973

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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Sideboard 'Alveo', 1972–1973

Willy Rizzo

Sideboard 'Alveo', 1972–1973

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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Vitrine, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Vitrine, 1970

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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