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Poul Henningsen
Monumental and rare double-spiral wall light, designed for the Scala Cinema and Concert Hall, Aarhus Theatre
- Estimate
- £80,000 - 120,000
£86,500
Lot Details
Aluminium, painted aluminium, brass.
circa 1955
85.2 x 190 x 25.5 cm (33 1/2 x 74 3/4 x 10 in.)
Manufactured by Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
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.
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