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Property from a Private Collection, Amsterdam Gino Sarfatti Early ceiling light, model no. S 00106 1938-1940 Gold-washed brass, gold-washed steel. 30 in. (76.2 cm) drop, 37 in. (94 cm) diameter Manufactured by Arteluce, Milan, Italy. Together with a certificate of authenticity from the Gino Sarfatti Archive.
Literature Domus, no. 149, May 1940, p. 97 for an advertisement showing the 12-light version "Une serie ingegnosa e pratica di apparecchi di illuminazione," Domus, no. 151, July 1940, p. 89 for the 12-light version Marco Romanelli and Sandra Severi, Gino Sarfatti Selected Works 1938-1973, Milan, 2012, p. 460 for the 12-light version Gino Sarfatti Designing Light, exh. cat., Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 2012, p. 36 for the 12-light version Artist Bio Gino Sarfatti Italian • 1912 - 1985 Rising above the devastation of World War II, post-war Italian design reached new heights of productivity and ingenuity, particularly in the realm of lighting. Gino Sarfatti is among the most celebrated lighting designers from this fruitful period. Before founding his company Arteluce in 1939, Sarfatti studied aeronautical engineering. He brought the inventiveness of a self-taught outsider to the field of lighting design, while his mechanical background lent lightness and ingenuity of construction. Poetic underpinnings are also evident in lamps such as model no. 1034 (sometimes referred to as the "Vine" lamp), which features a nearly 8' twisting brass stem graced with nine delicate, articulating white shades like buds on a flower. View More Works