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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 837
  27 Mar 2022 ~ 10am (AEDT) - Session 2: Lots 838 - 1531
• Lot #:
  1072
• Lot Description:
  WILHELM WAGENFELD (1900–1990) and CARL JACOB JUCKER (1902–1997) - ME1 table lamp, circa 1924
  brass, nickel-plated brass, glass base with opalescent glass shade,
  overall 36cm high.
• Exhibited:
  The present example was displayed by the National Gallery of Victoria (2010 - 2019) as part of its Bauhaus Design Exhibition and then as an example of Twentieth Century Modernism. Copies of the relevant NGV correspondence accompany the lamp.
• Notes:
  Wilhelm Wagenfeld’s iconic ME1 table lamp, designed in conjunction with Carl Jakob Jucker at the Weimar Bauhaus, set out the school’s new functional agenda, which speculated on the development of standardized goods for industrial mass-production. With its elemental construction of an opalescent domed shade, glass and metal cylindrical stem, and circular glass base, this remarkable light clearly showed that through the application of Modern design principles - purity, simplicity and self-effacement - a certain stylishness could be achieved in everyday objects. As a prototype for industrial production, the ME1 light also reflected the symbiosis of art and technology, which was at the core of Bauhaus philosophy. [Charlotte & Paul Fiell, 1000 Lights Vol.1, 1878 to 1959, Taschen, p.232-233].
• Estimate:
  A$35,000 - 45,000
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Furniture

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