Floor Lamp

Model designed in 1953. Enameled bronze, enameled aluminium. Provenance: Pavilion House, Bristol, Rhode Island History: Customarily produced in brass, this is one of two painted examples commissioned for the Pavilion House designed by Hugh Newell Jacobsen. Literature: Johnson, Paul, Eidelberg, Martin, 'Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was', Harry N. Abrams (USA) 2001, p. 204 Lewis, Hilary, 'Philip Johnson: The Architect in his Own Words', Rizzoli (USA) 1994, p. 28-33.