Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
3 May 2018
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Furniture Pimp: The Collection of Jim Walrod 
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Superstudio

Gherpe table lamp

Poltronova
Italy, 1967
acrylic, chrome-plated steel, plastic 16 h × 20 w × 11½ d in (41 × 51 × 29 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $3,500
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Signed with decal manufacturer's label to interior: [Design Centre Made in Italy].
provenance: Bright Lyons, New York
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. 26 illustrates this example Light-Lamps 1968-1973: New Italian Design, Ferrari and Ferrari, fig. 154 Superstudio: Life Without Objects, Land and Menking, pg. 99 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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