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

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970

Sale Date: September 27, 2012

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Trestle Table, 1970

In the manner of Willy Rizzo

Trestle Table, 1970

Sale Date: September 27, 2012

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Elliptical Table, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Elliptical Table, 1975

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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TRG revolving coffee table, 1969

Willy Rizzo

TRG revolving coffee table, 1969

Sale Date: October 11, 2012

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Rectangular coffee table

Willy Rizzo

Rectangular coffee table

Sale Date: August 27, 2012

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Table Cocktail (model TRG), 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Table Cocktail (model TRG), 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 5, 2012

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Low table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Low table, 1970

Sale Date: July 14, 2012

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Paire de bouts de canapé, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de bouts de canapé, 1970

Sale Date: July 7, 2012

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Table basse, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970

Sale Date: July 7, 2012

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Console e specchiera della serie Savage, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Console e specchiera della serie Savage, 1970

Sale Date: June 25, 2012

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Bel ensemble de salon et salle à manger (set of...

Willy Rizzo

Bel ensemble de salon et salle à manger (set of...

Sale Date: June 23, 2012

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Deux tables basses et une console (set of 3), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Deux tables basses et une console (set of 3), 1970

Sale Date: June 26, 2012

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Tavolo girevole TRG, 1967

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo girevole TRG, 1967

Sale Date: June 13, 2012

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Drehbarer Cocktailtisch

Willy Rizzo

Drehbarer Cocktailtisch "T.R.G", 1970

Sale Date: June 13, 2012

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Fauteuils (set of 4)

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Fauteuils (set of 4)

Sale Date: June 11, 2012

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Table basse circulaire T.R.G. collection..., 1975

Willy Rizzo

Table basse circulaire T.R.G. collection..., 1975

Sale Date: June 11, 2012

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Tavolo, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: June 6, 2012

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Flaminia console, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Flaminia console, 1968

Sale Date: June 15, 2012

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Coffee table

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: June 14, 2012

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TRG coffee table, 1967

Willy Rizzo

TRG coffee table, 1967

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Coffee table, 1980

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1980

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Flaminia occasional table, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Flaminia occasional table, 1968

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Cocktail table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Cocktail table, 1970

Sale Date: May 19, 2012

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Soffbord, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Soffbord, 1970–1979

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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