Lawrence Laske: Design Studio and Collected Works 
24 October 2014
Lawrence Laske: Design Studio and Collected Works 
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Lawrence Laske

Aluminum Lamp no. 4 model and drawings

USA, 1987/1988
polished aluminum, colored pencil and ink on paper, colored pencil and ink on mylar 6 h × 10½ w × 3¼ d in (15 × 27 × 8 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
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From small-scale initial studies on lined paper to full-scale, full-color presentation drawings on mylar, this lot includes an extraordinary range of drawings. It illustrates Laske's method of developing an idea through drawings culminating in a three-dimensional scale model.
This lot includes one half-scale model, twenty drawings on various sized paper and media, one reduced-scale line drawing and four full-scale drawings. Largest drawing measures: 26 h x 39 inches.

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A Family of Four

Lawrence Laske

Before the Memphis show in 1988, I spent the weekend skiing in Courmayeur, Italy. One afternoon, I sat in a restaurant and spent the day creating eighteen pages of sketches. The sketches expand upon the language of my lamps for Memphis. I shared these sketches with Ettore. There were four ideas which I favored and Ettore encouraged me to prototype these works. He loved their architectural presence and playfulness. I followed Ettore’s suggestion and by then end of April 1988, I made four half-scale models and prototyped each lamp in impeccable detail in brushed aluminum.

The four lamps were always intended to be one-of-a-kind; although, these lamps are a family, a family of four siblings sharing a common bond, but with different personalities.

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