Gaetano Pesce ( La Spezia  1939 )

"Moloch" Floor lamp - sculpture. Produced by Bracciodiferro, Genoa, 1970-71. Multiple No. 5/100.   Pantograph frame made of welded and bolted square section profiled metal, harmonic steel springs, deep-drawn aluminum base and cap painted bronze. Cast iron, ABS and sand ballast.   Derived from the multiplication by four of the lamp "Luxo L 1" by Jac. Jacobsen of Oslo. . Marked: Marcato a incussione: "MOLOCH / RIDISEGNO DI GAETANO PESCE / PRODUZIONE - BRACCIODIFERRO - / PRIMO CENTINAIO / ESEMPLARE N. 005. (in normal position. as in the photo: h 230 cm. l 312 cm. cap diameter 65 cm. base diameter 86 cm. weight 140 kg) (Slight defects, missing lacquered glass diffuser globe)   Provenance Private collection, Milan   Literature G. Pesce, "Moloch". A new lamp, in "Domus", n. 514, settembre 1972, p. 38;   G. Gramigna, Repertorio del design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico, a cura di S. Mazza, Allemandi, Torino 2003, vol. 1, p. 197;   C. e P. Fiell, 1000 Lights, Taschen, Koln 2006, pp. 224-225;

Estimate € 50,000 - 60,000

Sold € 85,000