Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Milano Flush Mount 2042/6 from 1960s

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Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce Milano Flush Mount 2042/6 from 1960s

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2042/6 Ceiling lamp in brown and red metal with sandblasted glass shades by Sarfatti for Arteluce, 1963 In 1939 he rented the shop in Corso Littorio, later Corso Matteotti, where he remained until 1962. After the first bombing on Milan, the family and the manufacturing business are decentralised near Lecco, so, to escape the racial persecution, he has to expatriate to Switzerland, where he lives in a nunnery in Neggio, at Lugano. Arteluce remained active during the war years, within the limits of the period, in the care of a procurator. In 1946, on his return, he opened a small workshop in via Cesena, in a converted flat under his temporary home and in the adjacent space covered by a canopy, and the activity was immediately significant: the first naval delivery was in 1949. In the same year, 1949, he moved into the new factory in Via Bellinzona, 48, which was acquired with funds from his wife’s family and which was to remain the company’s only production site. In 1950 he founded in Roma, with a brother of his wife, the company ArCon – Arredamento Contemporaneo, which marketed brands of excellence in furnishing and was immediately successful, even in the press, until he gave up his shareholding for family reasons. In 1962 the owners asked him to leave the shop in Corso Matteotti, 12, for his own commercial needs and so he opened a new large shop, in via della Spiga, 23, with a design by the architect. Vittoriano Viganò. At the same time, it restructured and then partly raised the factory at Via Bellinzona, 48, which reached its maximum size of just under 800 m² and its maximum capacity of around 35 employees in 1968. He won many international awards, including in 1954 and in 1955 the Compasso d’oro, with models 559 and 1055. In December 1973, the year in which he won the gold medal of the XV Triennale, he sold the company, which is no longer in operation. From 1974 he retired to live in Griante di Cadenabbia (CO) where he received visits from scholars: the last meeting was a few days before his death in preparation for the major exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou lumières je pense à vous; the guest is Jean François Grunfeld, who writes about him as de the greatest creator of lamps of the 20th century. During the interview and in a subsequent correspondence, Gino Sarfatti traces the entire span of his activity. He died on 6 March 1985, struck down by stroke brain.

Creator:
Gino Sarfatti (Designer, Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 13.39 in (34 cm)Diameter: 29.53 in (75 cm)
Power Source:
Hardwired
Voltage:
220-240v
Lampshade:
Not Included
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Metal,Opaline Glass
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1963 ca
Condition:
Seller Location:
bari, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU4076334704032

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Gino Sarfatti

That a spiky, futuristic chandelier named “Sputnik,” which was highly suggestive of the Soviet satellite of the same name, designed by an Italian engineer could predate the space age and the satellite’s launch by a few decades is the stuff of legend. But in 1939, Venetian-born Gino Sarfatti channeled his obsession with light and expert engineering skills into a design so bold it predicted the future. He would go on to design around 700 lighting products in his lifetime — each table lamp, wall light, pendant and chandelier superb and unorthodox in shape.

Sarfatti’s singular focus on creating opulent lighting designs that were rational in their use of resources makes him one of the most innovative lighting designers in history. He was studying to be an aeronautical engineer at the University of Genoa when his family’s financial troubles led him to drop out and move to Milan to help. During this time, he built a lamp for a friend using a coffee machine’s electric components and a glass vase. This exercise sparked his fascination with lighting, and he went on to found Arteluce in 1939. What followed was a period of working with skilled artisans and tinkering with materials instead of sketching. The self-taught designer soon established himself as a creator of provocative, sculptural luxury lighting. Through the company, he collaborated with some of the 20th century’s most influential designers, such as Vittoriano Viganò, who worked on Arteluce lighting between 1946 and 1960. In the 1950s and ’70s, Franco Albini, Franca Helg, Ico Parisi and Massimo Vignelli all contributed designs.

Sarfatti used resources mindfully and injected functionality into everything he designed. His light fixtures were lightweight, easy to take apart and reassemble and could be affordably repaired. This marriage of utilitarianism and glamour lent Sarfatti’s designs a clean, minimal yet arresting splendor, based on their graphical forms and construction.

After World War II, Sarfatti embraced new wiring technologies and materials like plexiglass, such as his 1972 project with Carlo Mollino that filled the Teatro Regio in Turin with hundreds of plexiglass pipes. In 1973, Sarfatti sold Arteluce to FLOS. His foresight, invention and fearlessness as a designer are revered to this day.

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