Gino Sarfatti - Design New York Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    André Koch, Struck by lighting: an art-historical introduction to electrical lighting design for the domestic interior, Rotterdam, 1994, p. 63, fig. 74
    Clémence Krzentowski and Didier Krzentowski, eds., The Complete Designers' Lights (1950-1990) 30 Years of Collecting, Paris, 2012, p. 93
    Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: selected works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 260, 484

  • Artist Biography

    Gino Sarfatti

    Italian • 1912 - 1985

    Rising above the devastation of World War II, post-war Italian design reached new heights of productivity and ingenuity, particularly in the realm of lighting. Gino Sarfatti is among the most celebrated lighting designers from this fruitful period. Before founding his company Arteluce in 1939, Sarfatti studied aeronautical engineering. He brought the inventiveness of a self-taught outsider to the field of lighting design, while his mechanical background lent lightness and ingenuity of construction. Poetic underpinnings are also evident in lamps such as model no. 1034 (sometimes referred to as the "Vine" lamp), which features a nearly 8' twisting brass stem graced with nine delicate, articulating white shades like buds on a flower.

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Ceiling light, model no. 3026

circa 1954
Painted tubular steel, painted metal, two fluorescent bulbs.
9 1/4 x 70 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 178.4 x 16.5 cm)
Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $12,500

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Meaghan Roddy
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New York 17 December 2013 2pm