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)

Lampe à poser à quatre bras de lumière, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Lampe à poser à quatre bras de lumière, 1970

Sale Date: June 17, 2009

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Paire de lampes à poser à quatre bras de..., 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de lampes à poser à quatre bras de..., 1970

Sale Date: June 17, 2009

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Grande table de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Grande table de salle à manger

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Table circulaire de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Table circulaire de salle à manger

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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TRG coffee table

Willy Rizzo

TRG coffee table

Sale Date: April 25, 2009

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Bridge-Tisch, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Bridge-Tisch, 1970

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Paar Beistelltische, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paar Beistelltische, 1970

Sale Date: May 14, 2009

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Buffet bas, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Buffet bas, 1970

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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Suite de quatre jardinieres, 1960

Willy Rizzo

Suite de quatre jardinieres, 1960

Sale Date: May 17, 2009

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Lampe

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: April 21, 2009

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Table basse

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: April 21, 2009

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Table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: March 24, 2009

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A revolving trg coffee table, 1969

Willy Rizzo

A revolving trg coffee table, 1969

Sale Date: March 18, 2009

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Dressoir

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: January 28, 2009

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Paire de lampes, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Paire de lampes, 1970

Sale Date: January 28, 2009

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Table basse rectangulaire

Willy Rizzo

Table basse rectangulaire

Sale Date: December 10, 2008

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Coffee table, 1972

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Coffee table, 1972

Sale Date: December 7, 2008

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Bartisch, 1972

Willy Rizzo

Bartisch, 1972

Sale Date: November 27, 2008

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Chest of drawers

Willy Rizzo

Chest of drawers

Sale Date: November 15, 2008

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Table de salle à manger

Willy Rizzo

Table de salle à manger

Sale Date: November 6, 2008

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Le Corbusier (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1950–1969

Willy Rizzo

Le Corbusier (+ 2 others; 3 works), 1950–1969

Sale Date: November 14, 2008

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Edith Piaf et les compagnons de la chanson, 1950

Willy Rizzo

Edith Piaf et les compagnons de la chanson, 1950

Sale Date: October 20, 2008

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A coffee table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

A coffee table, 1970

Sale Date: October 22, 2008

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Paire de tables d'appoint superposables (for , 1973

Willy Rizzo

Paire de tables d'appoint superposables (for , 1973

Sale Date: October 14, 2008

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