Greta Magnusson Grossman
Tietoa ostamisesta
Kuvan käyttöoikeudet
Tämän tietokannan taideteokset ovat tekijänoikeudella suojattuja, eikä niitä saa kopioida ilman oikeudenhaltijoiden lupaa. Teokset kopioidaan tässä tietokannassa Bildupphovsrättin lisenssillä.
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
a 1950´s brass and metal floor light, Bergbom's, Malmö, Sweden.
Brass and black painted metal, Height ca 139 cm.
Inner shade missing, minor wear, electrical cord cut off.
Kirjallisuus
Evan Snyderman & Karin Åberg Waern (ed), "Greta Magnusson Grossman - a Car and Some Shorts - One Architect's Journey from Sweden to Southern California", Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm 2010, see this model depicted in 1953.
Muut tiedot
The Modell designed in 1953.
Suunnittelijat
Greta Magnusson-Grossman was a furniture designer and architect. She designed several design classics, including the iconic "Grasshopper" floor lamp.
Greta Magnusson-Grossman began her career as a carpentry apprentice at Kärnan's furniture manufacturing company in her hometown of Helsingborg. She was educated at "Tekniska skolan" in Stockholm, now called Konstfack. During the 1930s, she started her design company, Studio in Stockholm, where she designed interior details and furniture.
During the 1940s, Grossman moved to California, where she became successful as an architect and designer of furniture and lamps.