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Lapo Binazzi

prototype Scarica Elettrica table lamp

Italy, 1973 / 1985
enameled steel, enameled brass, neon tube 24½ h × 31½ w × 8 d in (62 × 80 × 20 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $9,375
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Designed in 1973 and never put into production, this prototype example was produced specifically for Philip Cutler and the exhibition, The Italian Lamp: 1945-1985: A Collection.
provenance: Acquired directly from the artist via Fulvio Ferrari | Philip Cutler, New York | Collection of Robert Swope and Michel Hurst
exhibited: The Italian Lamp: 1945-1985: A Collection, 10 October - 15 November 1985, Furniture of the Twentieth Century, Inc., New York
literature: The Italian Lamp: 1945-1985: A Collection, exhibition catalog, pg. 100 Studio Alchimia: Bau. Haus Art Collection, studio catalog, 1981, unpaginated

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