Gunnar Asplund
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attributed to, a ceiling lamp, reportedly with provenance architect John Elisasson (an Asplund assistant), 1930s.
Sphere shaped shade in yellow glass, steel threads, white lacquered ceiling fixture, diameter ca 40 cm, adjustable height ca 130 cm.
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Provenance
Architect John Elisasson, employed by Gunnar Asplund 1935-1937 as his representative in Gothenburg for the extension of Gothenburg City Hall.
Literature
Compare, similar semi sphere shaped lamp from the Gothenburg City Hall.
Ahlberg, Hakon & Holmdahl, Gustav (ed.), Gunnar Asplund arkitekt: 1885-1940 : ritningar, skisser och fotografier, 2. uppl., Byggförl., Stockholm, 1981[1943], p. 168.
Designer
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.
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