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Artist:
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Jacques Le Chevallier
Rene Koechlin
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Title:
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Lamp
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Date:
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c. 1927-1930
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Medium:
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Aluminum and ebonite (rubber)
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Dimensions:
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16 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 11 in. (41.91 x 19.05 x 27.94 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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The French artist-designer, Jacques Le Chevallier was among the foremost lighting designers of the '20s and '30s. Utilitarian to a fault, his lamps are brazenly functional: elements of machinery, composed of inelegant, erector-set metal fragments held togther by unconcealed screws. Understandably, few ever gained wide acceptance. Consequently, their production was limited, sometimes to only a prototype, which accounts for their rarity.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Le Chevallier, Jacques
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1896 - 1987
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Name:
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Koechlin, Rene
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1866 - 1951
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Metalwork
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Physical Description:
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Aluminum with adjustable hood vents; ebonite top and foot
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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98.276.156
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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