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)

Table basse de salon de forme rectangulaire

Willy Rizzo

Table basse de salon de forme rectangulaire

Sale Date: December 19, 2011

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Table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse rectangulaire, 1970

Sale Date: December 10, 2011

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Occasional table (+ another; pair), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Occasional table (+ another; pair), 1970

Sale Date: November 29, 2011

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Table

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: November 21, 2011

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Elsa Martinelli, 1965

Willy Rizzo

Elsa Martinelli, 1965

Sale Date: November 12, 2011

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Table bar basse de salon carré

Willy Rizzo

Table bar basse de salon carré

Sale Date: October 24, 2011

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Lampada da tavolo (Table lamp)

Willy Rizzo

Lampada da tavolo (Table lamp)

Sale Date: October 24, 2011

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Tavolino contenitore, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Tavolino contenitore, 1973

Sale Date: October 25, 2011

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Mobile contenitore, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Mobile contenitore, 1973

Sale Date: October 25, 2011

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Table basse, 1971

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1971

Sale Date: October 18, 2011

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Coffee table, 1968

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1968

Sale Date: October 21, 2011

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Illuminated and refrigerated cocktail table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Illuminated and refrigerated cocktail table, 1970

Sale Date: October 21, 2011

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Revolving coffee table with bar, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Revolving coffee table with bar, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 2, 2011

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Coffee tables (pair), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Coffee tables (pair), 1970

Sale Date: October 6, 2011

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Alveo coffee table, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Alveo coffee table, 1973

Sale Date: September 27, 2011

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Dining table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Dining table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 16, 2011

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Bar cabinet and conforming three drawer shelf...

Willy Rizzo

Bar cabinet and conforming three drawer shelf...

Sale Date: October 16, 2011

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Flaminia coffee table and two side tables (set...

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Flaminia coffee table and two side tables (set...

Sale Date: October 16, 2011

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Coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: September 21, 2011

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Enfilade, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Enfilade, 1970

Sale Date: September 17, 2011

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Sofatisch Alveo, 1972

Willy Rizzo

Sofatisch Alveo, 1972

Sale Date: September 20, 2011

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Socle

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: August 28, 2011

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Etagère

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: August 28, 2011

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Buffet bar, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Buffet bar, 1970

Sale Date: July 23, 2011

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