PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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Marc Newson
Two early "Diode Lamps"
circa 2003
Corian® shades, brushed tubular steel, painted metal.
Taller: 70 1/8 in. (178 cm), other: 47 1/4 in. (120 cm)
Produced by Pfeiffer & Söhne GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany. Number 4 from the production of 16. Underside of one with metal label impressed with "DIODE LAMPS" N° 4 / 16 Marc Newson/Édition Galerie Kreo 2003.
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Marc Newson included the present two lamps in a 2003 installation of 16 “Diodes” exhibited during the Milan furniture fair at Magna Pars, 15 Via Tortona. Sponsored by DuPont, the exhibition comprised works produced in Corian® by Marc Newson, Ross Lovegrove, and James Irvine. Newson’s “forest” of 16 “Diodes” included lamps of various heights in one of three colors: Cameo White, Mandarin and Sun.