Vintage Lacquered Wood Lamp by Yasha Heifetz

Hand hammered and bent copper and oak table lamp by Yasha Heifetz.

1950s pair of limed oak lamps by Yasha Heifetz. New hardware, burlap shades and newly rewired. Dimensions with shade: 16" diameter 37.5" high Dimens...

A fantastic pair of MCM table lamps. Made by the iconic Yasha Heifetz. Beautiful sculptural figures on raised wooden plinths. Fully restored wi...

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...

Stunning carved female lamp by Yasha Heifetz, circa 1950s,, Amazing original finish,, patina,, Retains original finial.. Enhance any modernist , deco. contemporary environment,

When Marcel Breuer designed and furnished a house for an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he intentionally left out lamps. In an interview in November of 1949, he sai...