Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
3 May 2018
Mario Bellini, Chiara floor lamp - Image 1 of 2
Mario Bellini, Chiara floor lamp - Image 2 of 2
Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
Mario Bellini, Chiara floor lamp - Image 1 of 2
Mario Bellini, Chiara floor lamp - Image 2 of 2
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Mario Bellini

Chiara floor lamp

Flos
Italy, 1967
stainless steel, enameled stainless steel, rubber 57¼ h × 28 w × 19¼ d in (145 × 71 × 49 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $8,750
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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. 17 illustrates this example Light-Lamps 1968-1973: New Italian Design, Ferrari and Ferrari, fig. 118 Repertorio 1950-1980, Gramigna, pg. 259 La Luce Italiana: Design Delle Lampade 1945-2000, Bassi, pg. 142

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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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