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23 October 2014
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Lapo Binazzi

prototype MGM table lamp

Italy, 1969
enameled steel 21 h × 36 w × 7½ d in (53 × 91 × 19 cm)
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,875
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This prototype was made in 1969, six years before a small number would be produced by UFO and Studio Alchimia. Signed with applied manufacturer's label to underside: [Made in Italy].
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. 92 Studio Alchimia: Bau. Haus Art Collection, studio catalog, 1981, unpaginated

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