Hanging Lamp

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Object Name: 
Hanging Lamp
Accession Number: 
96.3.41
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 156.4 cm, W: 40 cm, D: 40 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
designed about 1920-1924
Web Description: 
This lamp was remade in 1976 by the Groenekan firm.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Sotheby & Co., Source
1996-11-19
Category: 
Color: 
Technique: 
Inscription: 
H.G.M / G. A. v. d. Groenekan / de BILT NEDERLAND
mark
on top side
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; painted. Hanging lamp of glass tubes enclosing electrical cord, incandescent light bulbs, painted wood sockets.
Recent Important Acquisitions, 39 (1997) illustrated, p. 183, #49; BIB# AI5243
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1996 (1997) illustrated, p. 29; BIB# AI95179
Bauhaus and other important 20th century Avant-garde design (1996) illustrated, Lot. 164; BIB# 17446