Rising Sun series
Italy, 1970s
Brass structure with brass and malacca lampshade
Engraved signature on the disc
Piece accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Gabriella Crespi Archive, Milan.
Les Dècorateurs des annèes 60-70, Editions NORMA, Paris, 2007; Gabriella Crespi. Il segno e lo spirito. Mobili plurimi, sculture e gioielli, a cura di C. Cunaccia, catalogo della mostra, Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2011; Gabriella Crespi. Spirito e Materia, Arte e Design, Odoya, Bologna, 2018; Racconti d?interni / Case d?Autore del Novecento, Rizzoli per Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2022
In her renowned Rising Sun series, Gabriella Crespi treats nature symbolically, elevating the reflective surfaces of brass and the warm hues of bamboo as emblems of the Sun. Mastering curvatures and materials to resemble organic forms, the lights irradiate from a central golden sun, the lamp base, which serve as the stem for a mushroom “Fungo” shaped lampshade entirely made of bamboo stems, completed with brass details. This exemplar has Gabriella Crespi's signature impressed on both the lampshade and the lower part of the base.
Diam 60 x H 82,5 cm | Diam 23.62 x H 32.48 in
