Italian school (XX) - Prospettiva-tipo per la poltroncina “Pigreco” progettata da Tobia Scarpa per Dino Gavina nel 1960

Perspective drawing of a possible prototypical-typological-archival project for the “Pigreco” chair designed by Tobia Scarpa in 1959-60 as a thesis for the IUAV University of Venice architecture faculty, subsequently produced in series by Dino Gavina.

Executed directly on a large panel of multilayer plywood, the drawing perfectly embodies Tobia Scarpa’s unique style, suspended between engineering precision, exotic influences, and totemic and mute forms.

The painting (original and unique work) is realized with matte enamel spray-painting technique, with very refined chiaroscuro transitions in charcoal, over construction lines clearly visible in graphite.

The support consists of a plywood panel prepared with a background tint in soft orange tones, widely used in post-war Italy.

At the bottom a linear cartouche (stenciled) with the inscription “N. 202 - POLTRONCINA TS/FRASSINO LACCATO CURVATO MODELLATO - CLIENTE GAVINA SPA - MOD. PIGREC - CICLO N - REP 2-02” may testify to the specific function, preparatory to prototyping and 3D reproduction phases of the perspective drawing represented in the plate.

At the top right, meanwhile, stands the stamp of the company (Falegnameria Sartori?) of San Giovanni Lupatoto (Verona) which may have produced the chair prototype, accompanied by the date of execution, April 7, 1960.

The figure of the “Pigreco” armchair is reproduced at 1:1 scale and is in excellent condition, while the support, measuring 127x120 cm (h x w), shows some cracks and fissures along the peripheral parts that extend with very fine fraying and gaps toward the center of the drawing.

A photograph, attached to the documentation photographs of the work, documents the armchair as it was actually realized (the photograph and the armchair are not part of the sale lot) and how it appeared in production in the 1960s-1980s for Gavina of Bologna.

The painting is shipped wrapped in bubble wrap and enclosed in rigid cardboard with a front sheet, placed in contact with the painting surface to ensure protection.