Heifetz Table Lamps

Extremely rare Mid Century table lamp, designed by Yasha Heifetz, for Heifetz Manufacturing USA c 1950's. The lamp features an oblong plastic rotoflex shade, which is supported by a...

A pair of signed Heifetz table lamps with sculptural modern dance figures in copper silhouette, with original laced parchment shades on ebonized mounts, ca. 1950s.

Yasha Heifetz designed lamp for self manufacturing company, Heifetz Lighting Co. A tall sculptural biomorphic cerused oak wood table lamp on black painted wooden base. Carved from a single piece of oak and mounted on a rectangle tapered wood base. Features original leather lampshade with original black whip-stitch trim to accent its black wooden base. 2 pieces of damage to shade, both shown in images, are both not noticeable when the light is in use. Incredible condition for work created in the 1950's. Yasha Heifetz began Heifetz Lighitng Company in 1938. He rose to fame in 1950 when he co-sponsored and was an esteemed judge, alongside Marcel Breur and 2 directors of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of NYC in a lighting design competition for MoMA itself. Their search was in response to a quest by both Heifetz and Breuer to find a well designed modern lamp. Both claimed at the time that all available options felt "flat and static" as most lamps design ethos felt more attention on the lamp rather than the lighting it emit. Over 600 designers participated in the competition; including Richard Schultz of Knoll and Alexey Brodovitch...

Circa 1950 Mid Century carved oak side male and female couple table lamp pair In the style of Jascha Heifetz. Measures 22" High x 6.5" Wide x 6" Deep.

Rare table lamp designed by Yasha Heifetz for The Heifetz Company in the 1950s, consisting of a natural birch globe with painted metal tripod hairpin legs. This example features the original shade in a tan linen on styrene. Measures 26" high to top of finial, base is 10-1/4" wide x 10-1/4" deep, 19" to top of socket. Shade measures 10" diameter at top ring, 19" at bottom ring and 8.5" between rings. Lamp is in working condition but as with any vintage lighting it is highly suggested that the buyer ask an electrician to confirm condition of the wiring and rewire if necessary. When Marcel Breuer designed and furnished a house for an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, he intentionally left out lamps. In an interview in November of 1949, he said that he could not find a well-designed modern lamp - and that, anyway, lamps were unnecessary. "The light is more important than the lamp," he said. In February of 1950, lamp designer Yasha Heifetz (not to be confused with Jascha Heifetz, the violinist) countered that built-in lighting was "flat and static," and he set out to prove the value of a good lamp. With the MoMA, in 1950 he co-sponsored a national lamp design contest, hoping to change the opinions of Breuer and other modernist purists about domestic lighting. Over 600 competitors entered, submitting almost 3,000 designs. Heifetz, Breuer, the museum's director René d’Harnoncourt, the museum's director of the department of architecture and design Philip Johnson, lighting designer Richard Kelly...

An original carved cerused oak botanic American Art Deco table lamp. Rewired to American electrical Standards Shade included but addition...

A pair of beautifully carved oak lamps by designer Jascha Heifetz. The stunning grain of the oak is accentuated with organic flowing forms that surround...

Mid-Century Modern ceramic tree trunk table lamp, a pair This pair of fine Yasha Heifetz ceramic Mid-Century Modern table lamps features green...

Vintage carved wood Heifetz table lamp of Russian dancer 24.25" height to top of the metal.

It doesn't get more Mid-Century Modern than this. From the ebonized shaped base to the slender pointed finial this pair exude an unmistakable 50/60s quality. The stylised and sinuous...

Pair of Heifetz Mid-century Modern glazed ceramic table lamps depicting cubist human torsos. The pair sits atop wooden bases and was made during the 1940s. In good vintage condition.

Rare table lamp by Yasha Heifetz designed in the US, circa 1950s. Original solid enameled wood base and lacquered sculptural wood form. Shade included ...