'Controlight' Lamp and Bookshelf

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'Controlight' Lamp and Bookshelf

circa 1949
Furnishings; Lighting
Iron, ceramic, fiberglass
21 7/8 x 18 1/4 x 18 in. (55.56 x 46.36 x 45.72 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Sam and Gracie Miller (M.2007.236.3a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Tigerman, Bobbye, ed. A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2013.
  • Tigerman, Bobbye, ed. A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2013.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los  Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. 
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Exhibition history

  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012