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.

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Willy Rizzo (1,003 results)

Paire de tables basses d'appoint

Willy Rizzo

Paire de tables basses d'appoint

Sale Date: February 25, 2010

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Table basse

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: February 25, 2010

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Table basse, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970

Sale Date: December 9, 2009

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Table basse format xxl à plateau rectangulaire

Willy Rizzo

Table basse format xxl à plateau rectangulaire

Sale Date: November 23, 2009

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Table circulaire de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Table circulaire de salle à manger

Sale Date: November 8, 2009

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Table basse, 1980

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1980

Sale Date: November 15, 2009

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Jardinière, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Jardinière, 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Table basse, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Suite six chaises (set of 6), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Suite six chaises (set of 6), 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Commode, 1969

Willy Rizzo

Commode, 1969

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Canapé et deux coussins servant de pouf (set , 1970

Willy Rizzo

Canapé et deux coussins servant de pouf (set , 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Table de salle, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Table de salle, 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2009

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Tables (pair), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tables (pair), 1970

Sale Date: October 29, 2009

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Table basse tournante de forme circulaire

Willy Rizzo

Table basse tournante de forme circulaire

Sale Date: October 21, 2009

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Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia (+ Marina..., 1960–1969

Willy Rizzo

Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia (+ Marina..., 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Soffbord/barbord, 1970–1979

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Table basse, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1975

Sale Date: October 19, 2009

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Sideboard, 1975

Attributed to Willy Rizzo

Sideboard, 1975

Sale Date: October 21, 2009

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Centre table, 1975

Willy Rizzo

Centre table, 1975

Sale Date: October 27, 2009

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Sophia Loren collection Dior

Willy Rizzo

Sophia Loren collection Dior

Sale Date: October 1, 2009

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Ensemble salle à manger (set of 7), 1970

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble salle à manger (set of 7), 1970

Sale Date: August 9, 2009

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Lampe

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: July 29, 2009

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Table basse

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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Paire de lampes de table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de lampes de table, 1970

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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