45 AlvAr AAlto 1898-1976 Standard lamp, model no. A 808, designed for the National Pensions Institute, Helsinki, 1955-1956 Brass, tubular brass, leather-bound metal, painted metal. 167.4 cm (65 7/8 in.) high Manufactured by Valaistustyö Ky, Helsinki, Finland. Standard impressed with Valaistustyö A808. Estimate £5,000-7,000 $7,400-10,400 €6,800-9,500 provenance Private collection, Helsinki Acquired from the above by the present owner literature ‘Artek, Finlandia’, Domus, no. 440, July 1966, n.p. Thomas Kellein, ed., alvar & aino aalto. design, collection bischoferger, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Zurich, 2005, p. 185
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