Gino Sarfatti - Design New York Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Literature

    L'Arredamento, quarta serie, fig. 200
    Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 467
    Clémence Krzentowski and Didier Krzentowski, eds., The complete designers' lights (1950-1990) 30 years of collecting, Paris, 2012, p. 23

  • 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 floor lamp, model no. B01012

circa 1946-1951
Painted metal, tubular brass, brass, marble
80 3/4 in (205 cm) high
Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $30,000

Design

12 December 2012
New York