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)

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Marlene Dietrich in Monte Carlo, 1958

Willy Rizzo

Marlene Dietrich in Monte Carlo, 1958

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Maria Callas in La Scala Milan, 1958

Willy Rizzo

Maria Callas in La Scala Milan, 1958

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Brigitte Bardot Dancing Flamenco in Paris, 1960

Willy Rizzo

Brigitte Bardot Dancing Flamenco in Paris, 1960

Sale Date: April 26, 2014

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Cocktail table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Cocktail table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 13, 2014

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Bedroom chest, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Bedroom chest, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 13, 2014

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Mirrored low coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Mirrored low coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 13, 2014

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Buffet trois portes, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Buffet trois portes, 1975

Sale Date: April 16, 2014

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Cantilevered chair

Willy Rizzo

Cantilevered chair

Sale Date: March 22, 2014

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Large mirror

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: March 2, 2014

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Importante paire de lampes, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Importante paire de lampes, 1970

Sale Date: March 5, 2014

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Table basse, 1970–1980

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970–1980

Sale Date: March 5, 2014

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Eßtisch, 1972

Willy Rizzo

Eßtisch, 1972

Sale Date: February 25, 2014

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Lampe Love, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Lampe Love, 1970

Sale Date: January 21, 2014

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Table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Sale Date: January 27, 2014

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Ensemble comprenant un meuble et un miroir (set...

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble comprenant un meuble et un miroir (set...

Sale Date: January 27, 2014

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Mobile bar, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Mobile bar, 1970

Sale Date: December 19, 2013

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Kirk Douglas

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: December 11, 2013

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Marlon Brando

Willy Rizzo

Marlon Brando

Sale Date: December 11, 2013

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Lampe à poser modèle Love, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Lampe à poser modèle Love, 1970

Sale Date: December 12, 2013

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Paire de bouts de canapés, 1960–1970

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Paire de bouts de canapés, 1960–1970

Sale Date: November 27, 2013

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Table basse, 1970–1980

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970–1980

Sale Date: November 27, 2013

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Cantilevered chairs (pair)

Willy Rizzo

Cantilevered chairs (pair)

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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Grande table, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Grande table, 1968

Sale Date: November 16, 2013

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