Gino Sarfatti, Rare adjustable standard lamp, variant of model no. 1050/1

circa 1955
Painted aluminium, brass, marble.
205 cm (80 3/4 in.) high
Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy. Interior of lower shade with manufacturer's label printed AL/MILANO/ARTELUCE.

Provenance:
Commissioned from the designer by Liliana Grassi, Milan, circa 1955

Literature:
Lumières: Je pense à vous, exh. cat., Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1985, p. 137 for another variant of the model
Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-1980, vol. 1, Turin, 2003, p. 23 for another variant of the model
Roberto Sarfatti, Il fascino delle lampade di Gino Sarfatti: sul filo della memoria, Milan, 2011, p. 30 for another variant of the model
Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Selected Works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 66, 218, 449 for another variant of the model
Alexander Koch, Neuzeitliche Leuchten der 50er Jahre, Stuttgart, 2012, p. 44 for another variant of the model