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Lot 21

Alvar Aalto
Set of three early 'hand grenade' ceiling lights, model no. A111, circa 1962

4 October 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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Alvar Aalto

Set of three early 'hand grenade' ceiling lights, model no. A111, circa 1962
Brass, painted metal.
Each shade: 44 cm high, 18 cm diameter
Manufactured by Valaistustyö Ky, Helsinki, Finland. Each fixture impressed Valaistustyö/A111.

Footnotes

Literature
Thomas Kellein, ed., alvar & aino aalto. design collection bischofberger, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Zurich, 2005, p. 172
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 493
Alvar Aalto, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 2014, p. 560, no. 339
Nina Stritzler-Levine and Timo Riekko, eds., Artek and the Aaltos: Creating a Modern World, exh. cat., New Haven, 2022, pp. 677-78

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