Lot 54: BERNARD-ALBIN GRAS FOR LES ATELIERS GRAS

BERNARD-ALBIN GRAS FOR LES ATELIERS GRAS
WORK LAMP, DESIGNED 1921
produced by Didier de Gachars and Ravel, painted pressed steel and cast iron, painted aluminium shade, brass and bakelite switch, cast 1031 to underside
29 in. (74 cm.) extended

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The uncompromisingly industrial functionalism of the Gras lamp found early patronage from Le Corbusier, who by the mid-1920s had selected examples of the lamp to compliment his minimalist interior schemes. The lamp swiftly became symbolic of a new machine aesthetic, and was used by Robert Mallet-Stevens, Eileen Gray, Michel Roux-Spitz, Sonja Delaunay, Georges Braque, and others within the artistic avant-garde.