Bauhaus Cubist-Shaped Paris Expo Table Lamps by Marcel Breuer, 1940s, Set of 2

About This Piece

Vintage Design

Marcel Breuer, pair of cubist shaped table / desk lamp designed for 1925 International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris. Bauhaus / Art Déco style.

Nickel plated brass with black glass.

Marked on the base with ''Bauhaus -Weimar -Staatliches'' logo and under with “Exposition Paris 1925”.

56 x 31 x 14 cm

Condition: excellent, beautiful patina. Newly wired.

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* The cable of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise.

Creator	Marcel Breuer
Design Period	1920 to 1949
Year
Production Period	1940 to 1949
Country of Manufacture	Germany
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Bauhaus
Detailed Condition	Excellent — This vintage piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight restorations.
	The vendor has confirmed this piece is in working order.
Plug Type	European Plug (up to 250V)
Product Code	TXN-742388
Restoration and Damage Details	Rewired
Materials	Brass
Color	Grey
Width	31 cm 12.2 inch
Depth	14 cm 5.5 inch
Height	56 cm 22.0 inch
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About the Creator

Marcel Breuer

Born and raised in Pecs, Hungary, famed modernist architect-designer Marcel Breuer earned a scholarship to study painting and sculpture at Vienna Academy of Fine Art in 1920, but quickly dropped out and applied to the Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany. After completing his preliminary courses there, he trained at the Bauhaus furniture workshop between 1921 and 1924. He then went on to run the furniture workshop at the new Bauhuas in Dessau, where he created what is cited as the first tubular steel armchair (1925-1926), presented in 1927 as the Type B3 Steel Club Chair (and later renamed the Wassily after Bauhaus teacher Wassily Kandinsky).

After a brief spell in Switzerland Breuer joined former Bauhaus director Walter Gropius in London in 1935. As Breuer’s career progressed, he began to focus more on architectural projects than design. In addition to his tubular steel furniture and plywood pieces for the Isokon company, he was recognized for residences, shop interiors, and multiple competition entries.

In 1937, Breuer and Gropius moved to the US, both teaching for a time at Harvard and briefly partnering in an architectural practice. Together, they designed the Pennsylvania Pavilion for the 1939 New York World’s Fair in addition to multiple private dwellings. Their partnership dissolved in 1941, but the two remained friends. In 1946, Breuer left Harvard and opened an office in New York. Over the course of the rest of his career, Breuer designed over seventy private houses and multiple university and office buildings. Notably, in 1948, the Museum of Modern Art in New York organized a touring exhibition of his work, and the following year, commissioned him to design a house in its garden; both events significantly boosted Breuer's career. In 1953, he designed UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris with Pier Luigi Nervi and Bernard Zehrfulss, and, in 1963, he designed the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Breuer died in New York in 1981.