Details
manufactured by Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
enameled copper, glass, Bakelite, patinated bronze
1634 in. (42.5 cm) high, 13 in. (33 cm) diameter of shade
Bakelite housing marked PATENTED and PH lamp
Provenance
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Brussels, 25 November 2013, lot 233
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
G. Jalk, 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design: The Copenhagen Cabinet-maker’s Guild Exhibitions 1927-1966, Volume 1: 1927-1936, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 75, 97, 101, 107, 129, 149, 201, 217, 251
G. Jalk, 40 Years of Danish Furniture Design: The Copenhagen Cabinet-maker’s Guild Exhibitions 1927-1966, Volume 2: 1937-1946, Copenhagen, 1987, pp. 129, 171, 253
T. Jørstian and P. Nielsen, Light Years Ahead: The Story of the PH Lamp Louis Poulsen, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 72, 147, 157, 178-183, 200-202, 204-206, 214-215, 221-223, 225, 226-227
C. Fiell and P. Fiell, Scandinavian Design, Cologne, 2002, pp. 242, 422-423
Danish Designs: Masters and Icons, exh. cat., Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2014, pp. 30-31
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