Gaetano Pesce

Italian · 1939–2024 · Sculptor

Gaetano Pesce was an Italian architect and a design pioneer of the 20th century. Pesce was born in La Spezia in 1939, and he grew up in Padua and Florence. During his 50-year… (Wikipedia)

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Prototype "Moloch" adjustable floor lampPhillips · Dec 2013$197,000≈ £121,164≈ €143,283Sign up to see
Prototype 'Moloch' adjustable floor lampPhillips · Oct 2019£87,500≈ $111,974≈ €100,759Sign up to see
Double bed, from the 'Nobody's Perfect' seriesPhillips · Nov 2024£69,850≈ $89,010≈ €83,742Sign up to see

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Chaise "Nobody's Perfect"
H: 90cm.( in.); L: 42cm.(in.); P: 40cm.( in.).
Bonhams · May 17, 2023 · Lot 85
€3,570≈ $3,866≈ £3,102Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–2,500View at Bonhams ↗
'UP7 (Il Piede)' Sculptural Foot, 2000
34.75" H x 28.75" W x 66" D
Billings · Mar 25, 2023 · Lot 10
$3,000≈ £2,455≈ €2,792HammerSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Billings ↗
'UP7 (Il Piede)' Sculptural Foot, 2000
34.75" H x 28.75" W x 66" D
Billings · Mar 25, 2023 · Lot 9
$3,000≈ £2,455≈ €2,792HammerSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Billings ↗
Vase, circa 1996
Sculpture
10 in. (25.4 cm) high
Phillips · Feb 7, 2023 · Lot 1
$1,071≈ £894≈ €1,001Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $600–800View at Phillips ↗
Tutti Frutti I bowl, 1996
Sculpture
5 h x 12¼ dia in (13 x 31 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 17, 2022 · Lot 170
$1,625≈ £1,377≈ €1,575Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Amazonia Monochrome II vase, 1997
Sculpture
10½ h x 8½ dia in (27 x 22 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 17, 2022 · Lot 172
$2,250≈ £1,907≈ €2,180Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $900–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Crosby Chair
Toomey & Co. · May 18, 2022 · Lot 306
$2,860≈ £2,301≈ €2,718Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
Crosby child's chair
Toomey & Co. · May 18, 2022 · Lot 307
$8,450≈ £6,799≈ €8,030Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Toomey & Co. ↗
'Green Street' Chair
Sculpture
94.7cm high, 49cm wide (37.3in high, 19.25in wide)
Lyon & Turnbull · Apr 29, 2022 · Lot 262
£4,250≈ $5,338≈ €5,065Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,500–2,500View at Lyon & Turnbull ↗
Vase, c. 2000
Sculpture
13 h x 9½ dia in (33 x 24 cm)
Wright · Apr 21, 2022 · Lot 114
$1,625≈ £1,247≈ €1,493Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Wright ↗

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Gaetano Pesce signature

17 catalogued lots by Gaetano Pesce record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (67% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

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on the reverse2
on the base1

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signed11
signed and dated4
stamped signature2

Signed in resin and reverse with ZERODISEGNO/Gaetano Pesce in the mold — Cabinet, from the "Nobody's Perfect" series, Phillips, Jun 10, 2025
Signed verso 24 x 17.5cm — Gaetano Pesce (Italian, Sworders, Jan 28, 2020
Signed and numbered 59/100 — OLO LAMP, DESIGNED 2000, Lyon & Turnbull, May 1, 2025

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About Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce was an Italian architect and a design pioneer of the 20th century. Pesce was born in La Spezia in 1939, and he grew up in Padua and Florence. During his 50-year career, Pesce worked as an architect, urban planner, and industrial designer. His outlook is considered broad and humanistic, and his work is characterized by an inventive use of color and materials, asserting connections between the individual and society, through art, architecture, and design to reappraise mid-twentieth-century modern life.

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