Rare Dahlia Floor Lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Italy,
c. 1958
Colored glass, brass, painted metal. Rare floor lamp with 3 candelabra sockets set into brass mounts and each backed by a beautifully shaped and colored piece of glass. Overall oxidation and wear to metal & glass elements. All wiring and sockets have recently been replaced.
h. 81.5” diam. 11.5”
$26,000.
Published: Il Design Italiano Degli Anni ’50, p. 231
Ref: 61 MI 05
MoonWalk Floor Lamp by Lorin Silverman
USA
2020
Two shallow glass bowls in ultramarine blue, with applied platinum foil, and two glass-globe shades. Each globe is half opaque-white and half clear. All glass is hand-blown by the artist. Black-patinated bent brass arm with chrome-plated mounts. Base of Carrara Bardiglio Nuvolato polished marble. This fixture is fitted with 2 x candelabra sockets (recommended bulb KX-2000), which put out 960 lumens each (100W equivalent), and has a floor dimmer.
Each lamp is custom made to order: standard color-ways for glass bowls include opaque black, opaque white, ultramarine blue, or lapis blue; Japanese foil 24K gold or platinum. Marble - Carrara Bardiglio Nuvolato (blueish-gray) or Carrara White Venatino, either honed or polished. Several metal finish options are available.
These lamps are made here in New York City.
12 - 15 week lead time required.
h. 70" w. 27" d. 9" glass bowls diam. 18”
$18,500.
Ref: 61 LSV 01
Rare Floor Lamp by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Italy
c. 1958
Frosted glass, painted wood & brass. A rare model that references modern sculpture. Very good with oxidation to metal & glass elements. Wood pole has been touched up. All sockets & wiring have been recently replaced.
h. 70.25" w. 24” d. 14”
Price on request.
Published: Domus Magazine, no. 356, July 1959, p. 65
Provenance: Private collection, Sicily
Ref: 61 MI 04
Rare Floor Lamp, # 1569, by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Italy
c. 1955
Elegant form of nickeled, painted & polished brass, painted wood and glass panels. 3 candelabra sockets. Very good condition. Oxidation to metal elements. Touch ups to black paint. Sockets, wiring and floor switch have all recently been replaced.
h. 74" w. 13.5 base diam 13”
$24,000.
Published: Fontana Arte, no. 1, 1960s, p. 74 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Max Ingrand, Du verre à la lumière, Paris, 2009, pp. 154, 193 Franco Deboni, Fontana Arte: Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa, Max Ingrand, Turin, 2012, fig. 397
Provenance: Private collection Sicily.
Ref: 61 MI 03
Rare Movalux Floor Lamp by Franco Giovanni Legler for Arredoluce
Italy
c. 1951
Articulating floor lamp with 4 pivoting points. Aluminum & brass. Oxidation to metal and some paint loss. All movable joints move freely, and the lamp is very structurally sound. Socket and wiring have all recently been replaced.
h. 90" w. 86"
$36,000.
Published: Arredoluce, Catalogo Ragionato, 1943-1987, Pgs.132 & 285
Domus Magazine, #291, February 1954. Pictured in an editorial spread on pg. 25
Domus Magazine #266, January 1951. Pictured in an Arredoluce ad.
Provenance: Private collection Milan.
Ref: 61 AD 11
