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Lamp - Terminus

Terminus

  • Object:

    Lamp

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    1981 (designed)
    1981 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Martine, Bedin, born 1957 (designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Painted sheet steel, 50W halogen bulb

  • Museum number:

    W.17-2010

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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Martine Bedin was born and raised in France. In 1978 she moved to Florence to study architecture. In 1979 she contributed an installation entitled ‘La Casa Decorata’ to the Milan Furniture Fair. The following year she met Ettore Sottsass which lead to an invitation to join the group Memphis. Bedin’s contributions to Memphis were primarily in the area of lighting and graphic design. The iconic ‘Superfloor’ lamp and the much rarer ‘Terminus’ floor lamp were designed in the group’s first year. The latter shares the anthropomorphic character of many early Memphis designs. Probably only 4-5 examples were produced.

Physical description

Floor lamp standing on four leg-like tube steels with red rotund feet; rectangular black and red striped body; bulb on the top of a long steel tube projecting from the body; made of painted sheet steel.

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

1981 (designed)
1981 (made)

Artist/maker

Martine, Bedin, born 1957 (designer)

Materials and Techniques

Painted sheet steel, 50W halogen bulb

Dimensions

Height: 203 cm, Width: 44 cm, Depth: 44 cm

Object history note

According to the vendor, Keith Johnson the 'Terminus' floor lamp is a very rare design. Only 4 or 5 examples were made. It shares the anthropomorphic character of many early Memphis designs.

Historical context note

In 1979 Martine Bedin contributed an installation entitled La Casa Decorata to the Milan Furniture Fair. The following year she met Ettore Sottsass who invited her to join Memphis. Her contributions to the group were primarily in the area of lighting and graphic design.

Descriptive line

Floor lamp, structure in painted sheet steel with 50W halogen light source, 'Terminus', by Martine Bedin, designed and made for Memphis, Italy, 1981.

Production Note

Designed for Memphis

Attribution note: According to the vendor, Keith Johnson, only 4 or 5 examples were made.

Materials

Sheet steel

Categories

Furniture

Production Type

Limited edition

Collection code

FWK

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