Serge Mouille designed the present model three-armed floor lamp, his first, in 1952 in response to a directive from fellow-designer Jacques Adnet: “I want a big light because I have clients in South America who have huge rooms.” His first design established all the features that would be employed in his subsequent “Black Form” designs of the 1950s, until he subverted them with his radically stern series of lighting columns. The present example was purchased from DeLorenzo gallery in 1989, following their successful reintroduction of Mouille’s œuvre in their seminal 1985 exhibition of his work.