GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN (1906-1999)

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ID 920161
Lot 66 | GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN (1906-1999)
GRETA MAGNUSSON-GROSSMAN (1906-1999)

Floor Lamp, Model No. 731, designed circa 1948

produced by Ralph O. Smith, Burbank, California

enameled aluminum, brass

51 x 12 x 18 in. (129.5 x 30.5 x 45.7 cm)





Provenance

Wright, Chicago, 22 March 2018, lot 285

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

"Section 3 - Lighting: Ralph O. Smith Manufacturing Company," Furniture Forum, vol. 1, no. 1, Los Angeles, Winter 1949, p. 3

E. Snyderman and K. Åberg Wærn, eds., Greta Magnusson Grossman - A Car and Some Shorts, One Architect's Journey from Sweden to Southern California, Stockholm, 2010, pp. 43, 76

L. Kane, Greta Magnusson Grossman: Designer, exh. cat., R Gallery, New York, 2000, p. 35

H. Harriss, Greta Magnusson Grossman: Modern Design from Sweden to California, London, 2021, pp. 5 (for a sketch of the residence for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sinatra depicting this model); 36, pl. 4 (for a period photograph); 47, pl. 18; 62, pl. 23
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