Galerie kreo, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner
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"Lampade enormi e lampade piccolissime," Domus, no. 403, June 1963, p. 38 Domus, no. 411, February 1964, n.p. for an advertisement Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Selected Works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 29, 322, 438 Gino Sarfatti: Designing Light, exh. cat., Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012, p. 49
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.
circa 1960 Painted sheet iron. Each: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm) Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy. One with remnants of manufacturer's paper label.