GUNNAR ASPLUND, A pair of ceiling lights by Gärsnäs 1995-2002.
Patinated metal, white glass, marked with label. Diameter 65. Total height circa 95 cm.
Electrical function not tested. Wear.
Compare; Hakon Ahlberg & Gustav Holmdahl, (red.), Gunnar Asplund arkitekt: 1885-1940 : ritningar, skisser och fotografier, Byggförlaget, Stockholm, 1981[1943], s. 133.
Originaly designed for the City Library of Stockholm, 1926-27. In reproduction by Gärsnäs between 1995-2002.
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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