$6,875
Lapo Binazzi
prototype MGM table lamp
Italy, 1969 enameled steel 36 w x 7½ d x 21 h in (91 x 19 x 53 cm)
result: $6,875
This prototype was made in 1969, six years before a small number would be produced by UFO and Studio Alchimia.
Signed with applied manufacturer's label to underside: [Made in Italy].
provenance: Acquired directly from the artist via Fulvio Ferrari | Philip Cutler, New York | Collection of Robert Swope and Michel Hurst
exhibited: The Italian Lamp: 1945-1985: A Collection , 10 October - 15 November 1985, Furniture of the Twentieth Century, Inc., New York
literature: The Italian Lamp: 1945-1985: A Collection , exhibition catalog, pg. 92 Studio Alchimia: Bau. Haus Art Collection , studio catalog, 1981, unpaginated
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2014-10-23
