La Rinascente Compasso d’Oro
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: La Rinascente Compasso d’Oro
Classmark: BC MS 20c Herbert Read/11/119
Related People: Giovanni Ponti(Sender); Sir Herbert E. Read(Recipient)
Creator(s): Ponti, Giovanni
Date(s): 16 Jun 1955 - 19 Feb 1965
Size and medium: 1 file
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/692671
Collection group(s): Herbert Read Collection
Description
This file contains correspondence and associated material, in both French and English, relating to La Rinascente Compasso d’Oro, an industrial design award originated in Italy in 1954.
Herbert Read served on the Jury for the 1955 Prize and was a member of their Permanent Board for Industrial Design.
Correspondence includes letters to Herbert Read from Gio Ponti, architect and founder of the Compasso d’Oro; Letizia Ponti, daughter of Gio Ponti; Marcel Breuer, architect and recipient of the 1955 Prize; Cesare Brustio and Augusto Morello, discussing topics including the 1955 Prize and Read contributing to a brochure focused on the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the recipient of the 1956 Prize.
The file also includes 2 typescript biographies of Marcel Breuer, 2ff; 1 typescript list of Compasso d’Oro winners from 1955-1961, 1f and 1 typescript list of Permanent Board members, 1f.
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