A Rare Table Lamp Mod. “Letargo”, designed by Alessandro Mendini
in 1975, for Bracciodiferro, Italy, adjustable bronze construction. The underside impressed with brass label LAMPADA LETARGO DI ALESSANDRO PRODUZIONE BRACCIODIFERRO SRL GENOVA ITALIA PRIMA SERIE DI 100 ESEMPLARI ESEMPLARE N. 001. Height c. 50 cm, width c. 36 cm, depth c. 23 cm. Without guarantee for electrical fitting. (MHA)
Number 1 from a production of only about 4 pieces. The Bracciodiferro company originally planned an edition of 100 pieces of this lamp, whose design is based on the Kandem table lamp by Marianne Brandt. However, only about 4 were realised. Enlarged, modified design based on Marianne Brandt’s table lamp. This design was created as part of the ‘Redesigns’ series, in which Mendini modified iconic modernist forms by, among others, Marcel Breuer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gio Ponti and Michel Thonet.
Provenance:
Continuously part of an Austrian private collection since the 1970s.
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
06.10.2021 - 16:09
- Realized price: **
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EUR 11,520.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
A Rare Table Lamp Mod. “Letargo”, designed by Alessandro Mendini
in 1975, for Bracciodiferro, Italy, adjustable bronze construction. The underside impressed with brass label LAMPADA LETARGO DI ALESSANDRO PRODUZIONE BRACCIODIFERRO SRL GENOVA ITALIA PRIMA SERIE DI 100 ESEMPLARI ESEMPLARE N. 001. Height c. 50 cm, width c. 36 cm, depth c. 23 cm. Without guarantee for electrical fitting. (MHA)
Number 1 from a production of only about 4 pieces. The Bracciodiferro company originally planned an edition of 100 pieces of this lamp, whose design is based on the Kandem table lamp by Marianne Brandt. However, only about 4 were realised. Enlarged, modified design based on Marianne Brandt’s table lamp. This design was created as part of the ‘Redesigns’ series, in which Mendini modified iconic modernist forms by, among others, Marcel Breuer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Gio Ponti and Michel Thonet.
Provenance:
Continuously part of an Austrian private collection since the 1970s.
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 06.10.2021 - 16:09 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 01.10. - 06.10.2021 |
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