VITTORIANO VIGANÒ (1919-2016)

A rare two-light standard lamp, model no. 1049, circa 1951

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VITTORIANO VIGANÒ (1919-2016)
A rare two-light standard lamp, model no. 1049, circa 1951
chiselled marble, brass, painted aluminium
manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy
84 ¼ in. high (214 cm.)

Other examples illustrated:
'Lampadaires and lampes de bureaux', L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, no. 36, August 1951, p. 85, fig. 1;
'Il "nuovo loggiato"', Domus, July 1952, no. 272, pp. 22-23;
L. Licitra Ponti, E. Ritter, 'Terrazzi e scale', Mobili e interni di architetti italiani, 1952, p. 114;
Gino Sarfatti, Il design della luce, exh. cat., Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012, p. 39;
R. Sarfatti, Il fascino delle lampade di Gino Sarfatti, sul filo della memoria, Milan, 2011, p. 39 for a preparatory drawing of a similar model;
M. Romanelli, S. Severi, Gino Sarfatti, selected works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, pp. 19, 66, 449.

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Specialist note

Typically seen with a round, polished base, this example of the 1049 floor lamp is one of two known examples with a rough-hewn marble base, echoing other works by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce such as the 1057 floor lamp from 1948.

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VITTORIANO VIGANÒ (1919-2016)

A rare two-light standard lamp, model no. 1049, circa 1951

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VITTORIANO VIGANÒ (1919-2016)

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