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 irradiates 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.
Italy 1973
Series Rising Sun
Brass structure with brass and malacca lampshade
Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan
Literature: Les Décorateurs des années 60-70, Éditions 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
70 x h 95 cm
27.55 x h 37.40 in
Code: #V6264