Gino Sarfatti - Design New York Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Giulio Minoletti residence, Milan, Italy

  • 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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Rare chandelier

1950s
Opaque Perspex, painted metal, textured glass. 
47 1/4 in. (120 cm.) diameter, variable drop
Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy.

Estimate
$15,000 - 20,000 

Design

17 Dec 2008 2pm
New York