Rare " Area 50" Ceiling Lamp by Mario Bellini for Artemide, 1974

Area 50 suspension lamp by Mario Bellini for Italian manufacturer Artemide in 1974s. Base and stem in lacquered metal, polycarbonate body and synthetic textile diffusor. E27 Bulb. In good vintage condition, minor wear and due to age.

“The intangible nature of light led me, in a subsequent lamp, to move away from an attachment to bodies and objects and to reduce the lamp to a synthesis of ‘effect’ and ‘gesture’. The gesture of twisting a translucent foil just enough to direct and diffuse the right amount of light; and the effect, accentuated by the impossible coincidence of the square foil and the five bulges that deform it, of unpredictability reminiscing the sky and its clouds.” Mario Bellini

The Area 50 is part of the permanent collection at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Dia.- 20 in,

Cable length- 60 in