"AJ" Lamp

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"AJ" Lamp

Designed 1957

Designed by Arne Jacobsen (Danish, 1902–1971) Made by Louis Poulsen & Company A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark (1917–present)

Architect Arne Jacobsen, who is best known for his Scandinavian Airlines Air Terminal and Royal Hotel in Copenhagen (1956-60), for which this lamp was originally designed, introduced modernist designs to the Danish public through his work in the 1920s. The AJ lamp is typical of the functionalist principles that inform much of his work.

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Object Details

Titles:

"AJ" Lamp

Date:

Designed 1957

Artists:

Designed by Arne Jacobsen (Danish, 1902–1971) Made by Louis Poulsen & Company A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark (1917–present)

Medium:

Enameled metal

Dimensions:

Diameter: 19 11/16 inches (50 cm)

Classification:

Lighting

Credit Line:

Gift of Collab: The Group for Modern and Contemporary Design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Louis Poulsen & Co. A/S, 1983

Accession Number:

1983-114-1

Geography:

Made in Denmark, Europe

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