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 (985 results)

A CHROME FRAMED RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A CHROME FRAMED RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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A CHROME FRAMED RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A CHROME FRAMED RECTANGULAR LOW TABLE, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 30, 2024

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A sideboard, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A sideboard, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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A sideboard, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A sideboard, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Sei sedie.

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Sei sedie., 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Sei sedie., 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Table lamp, 1965

Willy Rizzo

Table lamp, 1965

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

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A sideboard, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A sideboard, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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A sideboard, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

A sideboard, 1970–1979

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Paire de lampes modèles Love en métal chromé, 1980

Willy Rizzo

Paire de lampes modèles Love en métal chromé, 1980

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Paire de lampes modèles Love en métal chromé, 1980

Willy Rizzo

Paire de lampes modèles Love en métal chromé, 1980

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Monica Vitti

Willy Rizzo

Sale Date: April 11, 2024

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Salvador Dali, 1950

Willy Rizzo

Salvador Dali, 1950

Sale Date: April 10, 2024

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Tavolo mod. TP-Elliptique, 1970

Willy Rizzo

Tavolo mod. TP-Elliptique, 1970

Sale Date: March 27, 2024

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Console rectangulaire en métal chromé et..., 1970

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Console rectangulaire en métal chromé et..., 1970

Sale Date: January 16, 2024

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Console rectangulaire en métal chromé et..., 1970

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Console rectangulaire en métal chromé et..., 1970

Sale Date: January 16, 2024

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Salvador Dali, 1950, 1950

Willy Rizzo

Salvador Dali, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: February 28, 2024

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Ensemble de trois bouts de canapé, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble de trois bouts de canapé, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Table basse, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Console, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Console, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Modèle TRG, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Modèle TRG, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Modèle TRG, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Modèle TRG, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Ensemble de trois bouts de canapé, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Ensemble de trois bouts de canapé, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Table basse, 1970–1979

Willy Rizzo

Table basse, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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