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1063 Floor Light
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DesignerItalian, 1912–1985
ManufacturerItalian, active 1939–1972
CultureItalian
Titles
  • 1063 Floor Light
Date1954
MediumAluminum, paint, and fluorescent bulb
DimensionsOverall: 85 1/4 × 13 13/16 × 18 1/4 in. (216.5 × 35.1 × 46.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation
Object number2021.423
Non exposé

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ProvenanceArteluce (The Manufacturer); Private collection, France; purchased by Didier Krzentowski, [Galerie Kreo, Paris, early 2000s]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition History"Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 16, 2021; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July 2–September 21, 2021.
Published References Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti: Selected Works 1938–1973. Milan: Silvan, 2012: 250-253. Sarah Schleuning and Cindi Strauss. Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting. New Haven, CT and Houston: Yale UNiversity Press and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2021: 109; 133-137. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Manufacturer's label on side of base: AL / Milano [encircled logo] / ARTE... [text missing]
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