a wall lamp, "Typ 16". Provenance: The City Hall of Gothenburg, 1936. Probably executed by Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik.
Adjustable shade in green lacquered metal, lacquered white to the interior, wall mount of chrome plated tubular steel, depth from wall 50 cm, adjustable height ca 110-140 cm.
Minor dents. Wear.
Rolf Walter Collection.
Gunnar Asplund's, City Hall of Gothenburg, 1936.
Drawing from, Gunnar Asplund's archive, ArkDes, Stockholm.
Gunnar Asplund was one of the most significant architects of his time in Sweden. Asplund represented Nordic Classicism in the 1920s and was a pioneer of Functionalism, which he helped introduce through the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. His most important works include the Stockholm City Library and the Woodland Cemetery, which he designed with Sigurd Lewerentz.
Read more