Modern Design 
4 June 2000
Modern Design 
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Gilbert Watrous

floor lamp

Heifetz Manufacturing Co.
USA, 1951
metal 22 h × 50 w in (56 × 127 cm)
estimate: $3,500–4,500
result: $4,600
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This lamp was the award winning design of the 1951 MoMA Low Cost Lighting Competition. The long arm balances on a magnetic ball perched on the tripod base. The lamps from the MoMA exhibition are important examples of American lighting.

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