Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
3 May 2018
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Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
Superstudio, Passiflora table lamp - Image 1 of 4
Superstudio, Passiflora table lamp - Image 2 of 4
Superstudio, Passiflora table lamp - Image 3 of 4
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Superstudio

Passiflora table lamp

Design Centre/Poltronova
Italy, 1966 / c. 2000
yellow and opalescent methacrylate, chrome-plated brass 11 h × 12 w × 17 d in (28 × 30 × 43 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,313
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Signed with decal manufacturer's label to underside: [Poltronova Made in Italy].
exhibited: Rad Light: The Radical Lighting Collection of Jim Walrod, 31 March-19 April 2015, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York
literature: Rad Light: The Radical Lighting Collection of Jim Walrod, Patrick Parrish Gallery exhibition catalog, pg. 18 illustrates this example Light-Lamps 1968-1973: New Italian Design, Ferrari and Ferrari, fig. 155 Il Design Italiano: 1964-1990, Branzi, pg. 116

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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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