Rare pair of 1st edition Quadri Luminosi sconces models 575 and 576. Brass and enameled brass architectural rods and geometric shapes sculpturally mounted on white enameled metal. The light illuminates from the folded brass elements creating a play on light and shadows in its vivid graphic patterns. Signed with applied brass manufacturer’s label to reverse of each example Lumi.
Measurements:
Model 575: 17 ½ h x 16 w x 4 d in (44 x 41 x 10 cm)
Model 576: 22 h x 15 ¾ w x 4 d in (56 x 40 x 10 cm)
Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950-1980, Milan, 1985, p. 103
Lisa Licitra Ponti, Gio Ponti: The Complete Works 1923-1978, London, 1990, p. 211
Ugo La Pietra, ed., Gio Ponti, New York, 2009, p. 344
Fulvio Irace, Marco Romanelli, eds, Gio Ponti, exh. cat., Milan, 1997, p. 103