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Artist:
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Christian Dell
Belmag
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Title:
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Table lamp
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Date:
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1928
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Medium:
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Copper shade, chromium-plated metal
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Dimensions:
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16 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (41.91 x 24.13 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota
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Location:
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Gallery 379
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Today, German Bauhaus design is best known for its simplicity of form, clean lines, inexpensive materials and, above all, its functionalism. Dell's table lamp is a fine example of the Bauhaus aesthetic at its peak of production. He and Lázló Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) forged a new design vocabulary for which Bauhaus metalwork is greatly admired. Totally devoid of ornamentation, its mechanized appearance has become the hallmark of mass-produced industrial design to this day.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Dell, Christian
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Role:
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Designer
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1893-1974
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Name:
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Belmag
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Object Description
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Classification:
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Metalwork
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Physical Description:
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Adjustable copper shade
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany
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Accession #:
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98.276.185
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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