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)

TRG bar table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

TRG bar table, 1970

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Jack Nicholson, St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat.1996, 1996

Willy Rizzo

Jack Nicholson, St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat.1996, 1996

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

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Love, version carrée, 1970

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Love, version carrée, 1970

Sale Date: December 5, 2014

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Paire de bouts de canapé rectangulaires, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de bouts de canapé rectangulaires, 1970

Sale Date: December 5, 2014

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Grand table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Grand table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Sale Date: December 5, 2014

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Ensemble de salon modulable, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble de salon modulable, 1970

Sale Date: December 5, 2014

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Meuble-disque SC105, 1970

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Meuble-disque SC105, 1970

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

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Large table oblongue de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Large table oblongue de salle à manger

Sale Date: November 24, 2014

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Revolving TRG coffee table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Revolving TRG coffee table, 1970

Sale Date: December 16, 2014

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Coffee Table, 1975

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Coffee Table, 1975

Sale Date: November 25, 2014

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Soffbord/barbord, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Soffbord/barbord, 1970

Sale Date: November 11, 2014

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Cocktail table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Cocktail table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Una credenza, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Una credenza, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 30, 2014

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Una credenza, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Una credenza, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 30, 2014

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Un tavolino, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Un tavolino, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Un tavolino, 1970–1979

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Un tavolino, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Un tavolo, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Un tavolo, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 29, 2014

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Ensemble de salon

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble de salon

Sale Date: November 4, 2014

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Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Willy Rizzo

Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Sale Date: October 31, 2014

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Grande table de salon, model Flaminia

Willy Rizzo

Grande table de salon, model Flaminia

Sale Date: October 22, 2014

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Bar cart, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Bar cart, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2014

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A stainless steel and mirrored cocktail , 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A stainless steel and mirrored cocktail , 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 30, 2014

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Octagonal travertine and coffee table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Octagonal travertine and coffee table, 1970

Sale Date: September 20, 2014

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Sofatisch Alveo, 1972–1973

Willy Rizzo

Sofatisch Alveo, 1972–1973

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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