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POUL HENNINGSEN (1894-1967)

Lot 143
29.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 12 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1088608
Lot 143 | POUL HENNINGSEN (1894-1967)
Estimate value
€ 12 000 – 18 000
POUL HENNINGSEN (1894-1967)

Suspension 'PH Tennis', le modèle créé vers 1930, édition Louis Poulsen

Aluminium peint, verre dépoli et laiton ; ajustable / painted aluminium, frosted glass and brass ; adjustable

50 x 85 cm / 19 ¾ x 33 ½ in





Provenance

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub's Hall, Copenhague.

Collection privée, Copenhague, acquise auprès de cette dernière, puis dans la famille par descendance.



Literature

Pour le même modèle :

T. Jørstian, Light Years Ahead, The Story of the PH Lamp, P. E. Munk Nielsen, Copenhague, 2000, p. 231-233.



Further details

Conçue en 1927 par Poul Henningsen pour répondre à la demande du Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, à Copenhague, la Tennis lamp reprend les caractéristiques du modèle iconique de l’artiste tout en s’adaptant aux contraintes du lieu : éclairer suffisamment les terrains de tennis intérieurs sans impacter la visibilité des joueurs. La forme finale de la lampe Tennis est le résultat d’une série de tests que Poul Henningsen a effectués avec le joueur de tennis Einar Middelboe. Le designer parvient à ce difficile équilibre en suspendant le plafonnier en diagonale et en modifiant le plus petit des trois abat-jours pour obtenir un éclairage plus intense.
Vingt-quatre plafonniers ont été installés lors de l’ouverture du Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, à Copenhague en 1934, ils seront remplacés et remis en place à la suite des bombardements de 1944. En 2011, un tragique incendie détruit le Kjøbenhavns Boldklub et la majeure partie des lampes a été perdue. Notre luminaire est un des rares exemplaires connus à ce jour.

The 'Tennis' lamp was conceived by Poul Henningsen in 1927 after the designer was entrusted with creating a lighting fixture that could sufficiently light indoor sport courts without producing a direct light that could impact the players. The final shape of the Tennis lamp is the result of a series of tests that Poul Henningsen conducted with tennis player Einar Middelboe. Henningsen achieved the difficult balance by suspending the ceiling light diagonally and modifying the lower smaller of the three shades, to allow for more intense lighting.
Twenty-four 'Tennis' ceiling lights were installed above the tennis court of the Kjøbenhavns Boldklub's Hall, in Copenhagen, for its opening in 1934, therefore replaced as a result of war bombing in 1944. In 2011, a tragic fire destroyed the original Kjøbenhavns Boldklub's Hall and all the 'Tennis' lamps contained in the building were lost. Our lamp is one of the rare examples known to exist today.
Artist:Poul Henningsen (1894 - 1967)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Aluminum, Brass, Glass
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Denmark, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Lamps and luminaires
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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