Property from the Collection of Gaetano Pesce
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Gaetano Pesce
Early "Moloch" floor lamp
- Estimate
- $120,000 - 180,000
Lot Details
Anodized aluminum, aluminum, painted metal, wood.
circa 1971
139 in. (353.1 cm) high fully extended
Produced by Bracciodiferro, Italy. This example precedes the 6 known prototypes and edition of 20.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Moloch
"When I came up with the idea of taking a very famous table lamp from Norway, the Luxo lamp, and multiplying every detail of the lamp by four, it was because back then there weren't many objects capable of illuminating big spaces like lobbies, conference halls, meeting rooms etc. Therefore I thought it would have been more convenient to celebrate and reinterpret an iconic piece from the early 1900s (the Luxo lamp) rather than creating something completely new." Gaetano Pesce
"When I came up with the idea of taking a very famous table lamp from Norway, the Luxo lamp, and multiplying every detail of the lamp by four, it was because back then there weren't many objects capable of illuminating big spaces like lobbies, conference halls, meeting rooms etc. Therefore I thought it would have been more convenient to celebrate and reinterpret an iconic piece from the early 1900s (the Luxo lamp) rather than creating something completely new." Gaetano Pesce
Provenance
Literature