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Clark Gable

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Clark Gable
A hanging light fixture, the central metal shaft holding three brass lamps with glass funnels, with a brass shade -- 28x28in. (71.1x71.1cm.); accompanied by a black and white photograph taken inside Gable's ranch in Encino, California showing the light fixture in this lot [printed later] -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.) (2)

Provenance

The Estate of Clark Gable

Lot Essay

In an article published in Photoplay, October, 1940, entitled How Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Live, Lombard talks about the light fixture in this lot: There are old-fashioned lamp chimneys over the electric bulbs in the chandelier that is fitted with a big brass hood. "We tried candles and silver sticks first, " Carole says "but they didn't belong here. Good old kerosene lamps seemed what were needed. And now the light shed is so soft we wouldn't use anything else!"

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