Verner Panton
UFO Lamp Prototype

UFO Lamp Prototype

© Verner Panton Design, CH-Basel

UFO Lamp Prototype
UFO Lamp Prototype
DesignerDanish, 1926–1998
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
Not on view

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Object Type
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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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