Gino Sarfatti - Design London Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private collection, Turin
    Phillips, London, 'Design', 7 April 2011, lot 138
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    'Lampade enormi e lampade piccolissime', Domus, no. 403, June 1963, p. 38
    Domus, no. 411, February 1964, n.p.
    Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Opere Scelte 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 322-23, 438

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model table lamps were exhibited at the XII Milan Triennale, 1960.

  • Artist Biography

    Gino Sarfatti

    Italian • 1912 - 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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Pair of rare table lamps, model no. 594

circa 1960
Painted iron.
Each: 11.5 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy.

Estimate
£4,000 - 6,000 Ω

Sold for £5,040

Contact Specialist

Antonia King
Head of Sale, Design
+44 20 7901 7944
Antonia.King@phillips.com

Design

London Auction 2 November 2022