GEORGES-ALFRED HUFSCHMID (1890-1974)
Modernist... Lot 25
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GEORGES-ALFRED HUFSCHMID (1890-1974)
Modernist floor lamp in metal with green patina, circa 1931, circular base, with tubular shaft decorated with three rings in the upper part and one in the lower part, conical reflector and circular base. (Oxidations)
A modernist floor lamp in metal, green patina, circa 1931, circular base, cylindrical shaft with three upper discs underlining the conical deflector.
H 176,5 cm x Diam. Base 33 cm - H 69 3/4 x Diam. base 12 in.
PROVENANCE
Immeuble Clarté in Geneva, Switzerland.
EXHIBITION
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret - Immeuble Clarté at the Accademia di Architettura du Tessin from December 17, 1999 to February 6, 2000
HISTORY
Model selected by Gustave-Adolphe Hufschmid to be integrated in some of his interior fittings for the Clarté building in Geneva, designed and built in 1931-1932 by Le Corbusier.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A photograph dated October 19, 1932, reproducing our floor lamp is referenced under the inventory number FBBN18x2433126F in the Fonds de l'atelier photographique genevois Boissonnas kept at the Bibliothèque de Genève.
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