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'Beehive' Ceiling Lamp, Model A331, designed 1953
Details
ALVAR AALTO (1898-1976)
'Beehive' Ceiling Lamp, Model A331, designed 1953
produced by Valaistustyö Ky, Helsinki
painted aluminum, polished brass
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, 13 in. (33.2 cm.) diameter
with producer's stamp A331 Valaistustyö Ky
'Beehive' Ceiling Lamp, Model A331, designed 1953
produced by Valaistustyö Ky, Helsinki
painted aluminum, polished brass
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, 13 in. (33.2 cm.) diameter
with producer's stamp A331 Valaistustyö Ky
Provenance
Artcurial Paris, Design, 20 November 2012, lot 16
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Alvar Aalto Designer, exhibition catalogue, Alvar Aalto foundation, Helsinki, 2002, p. 105 for another example of this model
T. Kellein, Alvar & Aino Aalto, Collection Bischofberger, Zurich, 2005, p. 180 for another example of this model
C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 495 for another example of this model
T. Kellein, Alvar & Aino Aalto, Collection Bischofberger, Zurich, 2005, p. 180 for another example of this model
C. and P. Fiell, 1000 Lights, Vol. 1: 1879 to 1959, Cologne, 2005, p. 495 for another example of this model
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