Important Design 
8 December 2009
Important Design 
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Frederick Kiesler

floor lamp

Rembrandt Lighting Company
Austria/USA, 1930 / 1935
chrome-plated and enameled brass, chrome-plated steel 49 h × 12 w × 35½ d in (124 × 30 × 90 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $16,250
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This lamp was part of the original furnishings of the 1935 Shanley Building in St. Louis, an International Style building awarded a silver medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition of Art and Technology and listed on the National Historic Register.
provenance: Shanley Building, St. Louis | Dr. Leo M. Shanley, St. Louis | Thence by descent | Acquired from the Estate of Dr. Leo M. Shanley by the present owner
literature: Architectural Review, Vol. LXXXI, No. 484, March 1937, ppg. 137, 141 illustrate this lamp in situ Frederick Kiesler, Phillips, pg. 23 illustrates related form

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