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Lamp, circa 1960

Posted by Galerie Jacques Lacoste

14 May, 2020

Lamp, circa 1960

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Master glass artist, inventor, Max discovers very young Ingrand the windows of Chartres Cathedral and knows once the glass is his passion. His whole life is dedicated to the mastery of these "strange powers". Celebrate the light, show the magic glass works on the natural and its role in the perception of architecture inspire his finest creations. He keeps playing with that which is reflected in its etched mirrors or otherwise related to the word of God contained in the beautiful stained glass windows for churches in France, Brazil, the United States .

His talent is exercised in a variety of areas. Figure Art Deco, it puts on its mirrors Normandy, decorates the rooms of Elsie de Wolfe, Helena Rubinstein, collaborates with architects and lends his talent to designers such as Jules Leleu, André Arbus, Marc du Plantier or to the blacksmith Gilbert Poillerat. While electricity and its applications are revolutionizing lighting, Max wants Ingrand "dress light."

Fontana Arte artistic director from 1954 to 1967, he produced what would become the icon of design table in white opal lamp, designed in 1954 . Satin glass, polished glass slab, cut and frosted ice chisel, shaped ice drop, faceted polished glass, metal, bronze, golden brass, wood, Ingrand Max plays with materials and use of increasingly bold technology while focusing on form. And when Saint-Gobain entrusted the layout and decoration of its headquarters in 1960, it requires light and transparency by creating partitioned areas of plate glass, "Secret Materials, difficult to work but how noble and precious, the glass seems the ideal complement to the light, one in which she plays by transmitting, in reflecting, this is a perfect combination" Max Ingrand.

Lamp shade in white opal glass and white lacquered base.

53 x ∅38,5 cm

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