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)

Grande table basse à deux niveaux en loupe..., 1960

Willy Rizzo

Grande table basse à deux niveaux en loupe..., 1960

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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Grande table basse à deux niveaux en loupe..., 1960

Willy Rizzo

Grande table basse à deux niveaux en loupe..., 1960

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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Vintage dry bar

Willy Rizzo

Vintage dry bar

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

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Set of 4 vintage chairs, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Set of 4 vintage chairs, 1970

Sale Date: July 5, 2023

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Coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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Coffee table, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Coffee table, 1970–1979

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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Five stacking chairs, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Five stacking chairs, 1970

Sale Date: June 28, 2023

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Five stacking chairs, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Five stacking chairs, 1970

Sale Date: June 28, 2023

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Liquor cabinet, 1965

Willy Rizzo

Liquor cabinet, 1965

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Liquor cabinet, 1965

Willy Rizzo

Liquor cabinet, 1965

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Modèle Alvéolé

Willy Rizzo

Modèle Alvéolé

Sale Date: June 17, 2023

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Portabottiglie o fioriera, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Portabottiglie o fioriera, 1970

Sale Date: June 20, 2023

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Portabottiglie o fioriera, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Portabottiglie o fioriera, 1970

Sale Date: June 20, 2023

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Willy Rizzo for Pierre Cardin Black and Chrome...

Willy Rizzo

Willy Rizzo for Pierre Cardin Black and Chrome...

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Table basse tournante modèle TRG.

Willy Rizzo

Table basse tournante modèle TRG.

Sale Date: June 9, 2023

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Table basse tournante modèle TRG.

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Table basse tournante modèle TRG.

Sale Date: June 9, 2023

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Dining table, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Dining table, 1970

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Expanding coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Expanding coffee table, 1970s, 1970–1979

Sale Date: June 17, 2023

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Credenza Savage per Sabot, 1973

Willy Rizzo

Credenza Savage per Sabot, 1973

Sale Date: May 31, 2023

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Divano modulare, 1976

Willy Rizzo

Divano modulare, 1976

Sale Date: May 31, 2023

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Sei sedie per Mario Sabot

Willy Rizzo

Sei sedie per Mario Sabot

Sale Date: May 31, 2023

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Table-bar

Willy Rizzo

Table-bar "TRG" grand modèle, 1970–1979

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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Table-bar

Willy Rizzo

Table-bar "TRG" grand modèle

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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A WALNUT COCKTAIL TABLE BY WILLY RIZZO, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A WALNUT COCKTAIL TABLE BY WILLY RIZZO, 1970–1979

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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