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

    Private collection, Como
    Phillips, London, 'Design', 25 September 2008, lot 88
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Opere Scelte 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 331, 455

  • 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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Rare floor lamp, model no. 1079

circa 1971
Painted aluminium, painted steel, painted iron, chrome-plated steel, rubber.
112 cm (44 1/8 in.) high
Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy. Interior of shade with manufacturer's label printed AL/MILANO ARTELUCE.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £6,300

Contact Specialist

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

Design

London Auction 2 November 2022