Lot 4
Lot 4
PROPERTY FROM THE FORMER COLLECTION OF MARCELLO MASTROIANNI
TIFFANY STUDIOS

'Laburnum' Table Lamp, circa 1918

Price Realised USD 214,200
Estimate
USD 50,000 - USD 70,000
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TIFFANY STUDIOS

'Laburnum' Table Lamp, circa 1918

Price Realised USD 214,200
Price Realised USD 214,200
Details
with a 'Twisted Vine' base
leaded glass, patinated bronze
2812 in. (72.4 cm) high, 2112 in. (54.6 cm) diameter of shade
shade impressed TIFFANY STVDIOS N.Y. 1539
base impressed TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK 443
Literature
A. Duncan, Tiffany Lamps and Metalware, Suffolk, 2019, pp. 106, no. 414 (base) and 185, no. 740 (shade)
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Lot Essay

The present lot is an extraordinary example of lighting by Tiffany Studios formerly in the collection of Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996), renown Italian film actor of the 20th century.

Born in 1924 at Fontana Lire, a small town of central Italy about 50 miles south of Rome, Mastroianni became a silver-screen sensation during the Italian ‘Golden Age’ of cinema (40s-50s). He eventually worked alongside another Italian cinema giant, director Federico Fellini, and it was Mastroianni’s leading roles in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) and the Academy Award winning 8 ½ (1963) that catapulted Mastroianni to international acclaim. His career spanned from 1939-1996, during which Mastroianni appeared in over 120 films. Fluent in Italian, French, and English, Mastroianni maintained homes in his beloved Rome, but also Paris.

Post Lot Text

image five: Film still, Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni in Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres, 1971. Directed by Nadine Trintignant. Photo: Mars Films / Alamy.
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