Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
3 May 2018
Lapo Binazzi, MGM table lamp - Image 1 of 3
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Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
Lapo Binazzi, MGM table lamp - Image 1 of 3
Lapo Binazzi, MGM table lamp - Image 2 of 3
Lapo Binazzi, MGM table lamp - Image 3 of 3
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Lapo Binazzi

MGM table lamp

UFO
Italy, 1969
enameled steel 21½ h × 39 w × 9 d in (55 × 99 × 23 cm)
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $5,625
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This lamp in blue is the earliest known example of this form; it was exhibited at the Salone di Mobile in 1971. In 1979, Studio Alchimia began producing this design in pink.
Signed to reverse: [Lapo Binazzi UFO 3].
exhibited: Salone di Mobile, 1971, Milan | Rad Light: The Radical Lighting Collection of Jim Walrod, 31 March-19 April 2015, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York | Lapo Binazzi, 27 September - 31 October 2016, R & Company, New York
literature: Rad Light: The Radical Lighting Collection of Jim Walrod, Patrick Parrish Gallery exhibition catalog, pg. 9 illustrates this example 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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Rad Light at Patrick Parrish Gallery

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These lamps were in no way meant to be utilitarian. They were mass produced as expressions of art by the most innovative designers working at the time and were beautiful objects. Just don't try to read a book by them!

Jim Walrod on Rad Light

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