Gino Sarfatti - Design London Tuesday, September 23, 2014 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Clémence Krzentowski and Didier Krzentowski, eds., The Complete Designers' Lights (1950-1990) 30 Years of Collecting, Paris, 2012, p. 119

  • 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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Standard lamp, model no. 1076

1957
Chromium-plated tubular metal, painted metal, aluminium, opaque glass.
145.8 cm (57 3/8 in.) high
Manufactured by Arteluce, Italy. Shade interior with manufacturer's paper label AL/MILANO/ARTELUCE and underside of base embossed with 1076/1004/1004.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Sold for £5,000

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London 24 September 2014 2pm