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)

Console, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Console, 1970

Sale Date: May 5, 2013

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Paire de bouts de canapé (pair), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de bouts de canapé (pair), 1970

Sale Date: May 5, 2013

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Table SAM, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table SAM, 1970

Sale Date: May 5, 2013

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Elsa Martinelli

Willy Rizzo

Elsa Martinelli

Sale Date: April 22, 2013

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Una scrivania, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Una scrivania, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 18, 2013

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Console/sofa table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Console/sofa table, 1970

Sale Date: March 30, 2013

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Coco Chanel (2 works), 1958

Willy Rizzo

Coco Chanel (2 works), 1958

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Brigitte Bardot, Saint Tropez, 1958

Willy Rizzo

Brigitte Bardot, Saint Tropez, 1958

Sale Date: March 23, 2013

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Large tortoise shell table lamps (pair), 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Large tortoise shell table lamps (pair), 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 3, 2013

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Coffee table with bar, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table with bar, 1970–1979

Sale Date: March 3, 2013

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Enfilade, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Enfilade, 1975

Sale Date: January 28, 2013

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Tavolino girevole, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino girevole, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Tavolino girevole TRG, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino girevole TRG, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Consolle, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Consolle, 1970–1979

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Tavolino bar da salotto a scomparsa, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino bar da salotto a scomparsa, 1970

Sale Date: December 18, 2012

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Tavolino da salotto, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino da salotto, 1970

Sale Date: December 18, 2012

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Console d'applique de forme rectangulaire et une

Willy Rizzo

Console d'applique de forme rectangulaire et une

Sale Date: December 1, 2012

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Table basse, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970

Sale Date: November 26, 2012

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Table de salon (model TRG), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table de salon (model TRG), 1970

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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Elsa Martinelli, 1960

Willy Rizzo

Elsa Martinelli, 1960

Sale Date: October 18, 2012

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Tavolo rivestito

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo rivestito

Sale Date: October 15, 2012

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Carrello portavivande

Willy Rizzo

Carrello portavivande

Sale Date: October 15, 2012

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Love lamp, 1969

Willy Rizzo

Love lamp, 1969

Sale Date: October 10, 2012

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Table basse et ronde tournante à un..., 1970–1980

Willy Rizzo

Table basse et ronde tournante à un..., 1970–1980

Sale Date: September 30, 2012

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