Gino Sarfatti - Design & Design Art New York Thursday, December 13, 2007 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., Domus Vol. V 1960-1964, Cologne, 2006, p. 403 for a similar example

  • 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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Hanging light

1960s
Painted metal, Perspex.
47 in. (119.4 cm) drop
Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Design & Design Art

13 Dec 2007, 2pm
New York