Design 
23 October 2014
Design 
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Gilbert Watrous

floor lamps, pair

Heifetz Manufacturing Co.
USA, 1951
enameled steel, chrome-plated steel, paper 48 h × 13½ w × 45 d in (122 × 34 × 114 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,250
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This design received the special prize in the Museum of Modern Art's Low Cost Lighting competition of 1951.
provenance: Collection of Jane Knight and Richard Knight, Birmingham, MI
literature: Arts & Architecture, May 1951, unpaginated Interiors, April 1951, pg. 138 Modern Furnishings for the Home, Hennessey, pg. 245

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