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Poul Henningsen
Monumental and rare double-spiral wall light, designed for the Scala Cinema and Concert Hall, Aarhus Theatre
circa 1955
Aluminium, painted aluminium, brass.
85.2 x 190 x 25.5 cm (33 1/2 x 74 3/4 x 10 in.)
Manufactured by Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Full-Cataloguing
The present lot is one of 26 double-spiral wall lights from the Scala Cinema and Concert Hall in Aarhus. In 1981 an extensive renovation dramatically reduced the size of the Scala, during that time 12 of these wall lights were deaccessioned and the other 14 remained in situ.