Gino Sarfatti - Heatwave London Wednesday, July 22, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Description

    Please note this lot is the property of a private individual

  • Provenance

    Private Collection

  • Literature

    Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: selected works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 56, 294-295, 436

  • 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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Table lamp, model no. 584/G

'ARTELUCE' label affixed to the interior fixture
acrylic, chromium-plated brass and painted steel
57.5 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm (22 5/8 x 13 5/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Executed circa 1957, this work was manufactured by Arteluce, Milan.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs

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Heatwave

Online Auction 22 - 30 July 2020