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)

Dressoir Design

Willy Rizzo

Dressoir Design

Sale Date: May 16, 2012

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Lampe de table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Lampe de table, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2012

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Meuble de rangement ouvrant par 10 tiroirs, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Meuble de rangement ouvrant par 10 tiroirs, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2012

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Suite de tables basses et une console (set..., 1970

Willy Rizzo

Suite de tables basses et une console (set..., 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2012

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Table à jeu dite Backgammon, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table à jeu dite Backgammon, 1970

Sale Date: May 15, 2012

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Love table lamp, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Love table lamp, 1970

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Club table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Club table, 1970

Sale Date: May 22, 2012

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Paire de tréteaux (pair), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de tréteaux (pair), 1970

Sale Date: May 30, 2012

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Chaises (set of 6)

Willy Rizzo

Chaises (set of 6)

Sale Date: May 11, 2012

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Table basse de salon de forme rectangulaire

Willy Rizzo

Table basse de salon de forme rectangulaire

Sale Date: May 11, 2012

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Credenza, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Credenza, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 17, 2012

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Vetrina, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Vetrina, 1970

Sale Date: April 17, 2012

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Bureau et une lampe au modèle (set of 2), 1970

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Bureau et une lampe au modèle (set of 2), 1970

Sale Date: April 13, 2012

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Bar cabinet

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: March 11, 2012

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Table basse, 1971

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1971

Sale Date: March 13, 2012

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Table cocktail TRG, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table cocktail TRG, 1970

Sale Date: March 7, 2012

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Coffee table, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1975

Sale Date: February 18, 2012

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Dressoir Design

Willy Rizzo

Dressoir Design

Sale Date: February 15, 2012

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Table de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Table de salle à manger

Sale Date: February 17, 2012

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Chaises (set of 6), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Chaises (set of 6), 1970

Sale Date: January 28, 2012

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Bar cabinet and conforming three drawer shelf...

Willy Rizzo

Bar cabinet and conforming three drawer shelf...

Sale Date: January 22, 2012

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Sofa tables (2 works), 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Sofa tables (2 works), 1970–1979

Sale Date: January 14, 2012

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Fauteuils (set of 6), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Fauteuils (set of 6), 1970

Sale Date: December 20, 2011

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Tavolino Alveo (Alveo low table)

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino Alveo (Alveo low table)

Sale Date: December 13, 2011

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