Verner Panton
UFO Lamp Prototype

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Designer Verner Panton (Danish, 1926–1998)Danish, 1926–1998

ManufacturerManufactured by J. Lüber AG (Swiss)Swiss

CultureDanish

Titles

UFO Lamp Prototype

Date1975

MediumMetal, plastic, and bulb

DimensionsOverall: 18 × 18 1/2 in. (45.7 × 47 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2006, Cecily E. Horton, John and Jan Bebout, Kerry F. Inman, Barbara and Tom Solis, John and Jean Geresi, Karin and Leo Shipman, and various other donors

Object number2006.284

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Design Council Collection

Object Type

LIGHTING DEVICES

Provenance[R 20th Century, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.
Exhibition History"Celebrating 10 Years of the Design Council," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 23, 2008–January 4, 2009.

"Scandinavian Design," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 26, 2012–January 27, 2013.

"Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 16, 2021; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July 2–September 21, 2021.

"Prototype/Production," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2016–April 30, 2017.
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