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PROPERTY OF A PACIFIC ISLAND CONNOISSEUR OF ART AND DESIGN
GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN (1906-1999)

'Grasshopper' Floor Lamp, Model No. 831, designed circa 1949

    Price Realised USD 5,292
    Estimate
    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
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    GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN (1906-1999)

    'Grasshopper' Floor Lamp, Model No. 831, designed circa 1949

    Price Realised USD 5,292
    Price Realised USD 5,292
    Details
    produced by Bergboms, Sweden
    enameled aluminum, brass
    481⁄2 x 13 x 141⁄4 in. (123.2 x 33 x 36.2 cm) (as seen)
    with producer's label
    Provenance
    R 20th Century, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011
    Literature
    "Section 3 - Lighting: Ralph O. Smith Manufacturing Company," Furniture Forum, vol. 1, no. 1, Los Angeles, Winter 1949, p. 3
    L. Kane, Greta Magnussen Grossman: Designer, exh. cat., R Gallery, New York, 2000, pp. 6, 13 (for a period photograph)
    B. Littman, Greta Magnusson Grossman, Furniture and Lighting, exh. cat., The Drawing Center, 2008, p. 15, pl. 4
    E. Snyderman and K. Åberg Wærn, eds., Greta Magnusson-Grossman - A Car and Some Shorts: One Architect's Journey from Sweden to Southern California, Stockholm, 2010, pp. 36, 43, 74-75 (for a period photograph), 81 (for a period photograph)
    H. Harriss, Greta Magnusson Grossman: Modern Design from Sweden to California, London, 2021, pp. 39, pl. 8; 40, pl. 9 (for a period photograph); 47, pl. 19; 63, pl. 24
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