20th Century Design

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Lot 83
  • 83

Poul Henningsen

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Poul Henningsen
  • "The House of the Future" Ceiling Light
  • fluorescent painted aluminum and painted metal
from an edition of 20

Provenance

Phillips London, Important Nordic Design, November 11, 2011, lot 114
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Tina Jørstain and Poul Erik Munk Nielsen, eds., Light Years Ahead:  The Story of the PH Lamp, Copenhagen, 2000, pp. 295-296 

Catalogue Note

The House of Tomorrow was an ultramodern home built as an exhibition space in Copenhagen in 1959.  Poul Henningsen installed 20 ceiling lights that fufilled the futuristic theme of the interior.  Designed to appear floating space, these light sculptures captured the attention of the visitors with both their innovative fluorescent palette of reds, yellows and whites, and an interplay of darkness and radiant light. Eighteen examples of the model remain, and two are in the permanent collection of the producer, Louis Poulsen.