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Italy, c. 1950
glass, nickel-plated brass 14 h × 11 w × 10 d in (36 × 28 × 25 cm)
glass, nickel-plated brass 14 h × 11 w × 10 d in (36 × 28 × 25 cm)
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $16,250
This lamp was installed outside Robert Mapplethorpe’s darkroom when he lived at 24 Bond Street in Manhattan. It would be turned from white to red to indicate when the darkroom was in use.
Signed with partial decal manufacturer's label to white glass: [Venini Murano Venezia Made in Italy].
provenance: 50/Fifty, New York | Robert Mapplethorpe, New York | Collection of Dimitri Levas