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Gino Sarfatti

Floor lamp, model no. 1003

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000
Lot Details
Brass, painted aluminum.
circa 1946
As shown: 70 1/4 x 40 x 12 3/8 in. (178.4 x 101.6 x 31.4 cm)
Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy. Interior of shade with decal AL/MILANO/ARTELUCE.

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Gino Sarfatti

Italian | B. 1912 D. 1985
Rising above the devastation of World War II, post-war Italian design reached new heights of productivity and ingenuity, particularly in the realm of lighting. Gino Sarfatti is among the most celebrated lighting designers from this fruitful period. Before founding his company Arteluce in 1939, Sarfatti studied aeronautical engineering. He brought the inventiveness of a self-taught outsider to the field of lighting design, while his mechanical background lent lightness and ingenuity of construction. Poetic underpinnings are also evident in lamps such as model no. 1034 (sometimes referred to as the "Vine" lamp), which features a nearly 8' twisting brass stem graced with nine delicate, articulating white shades like buds on a flower.
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