VICTOR FLOOR LAMP

Details

ROLAND SMITH; UNITED STATES
VICTOR FLOOR LAMP
designed 1948, manufactured by James Smith & Sons, Chicago, painted metal and wood
72½in.(184cm.) maximum height

Literature

Charlotte & Peter Fiell (eds.), 100 Lights, Cologne, 2005, p.403 (illustrated)

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A proto-minimalist and 'ready-made' design, the Victor lamp was a response to immediate post-war austerity. Examples were presented at the 'Exhibition for Modern Living' exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Art, 1949.

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