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368 - Martine Bedin Table or floor lamp Super model Lacquered meta…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,300
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Martine Bedin Table or floor lamp Super model Lacquered metal, coloured sockets and castors Memphis Milano edition, 2019 Date of design: 1981 A founding figure of the Memphis movement alongside Ettore Sottsass, Martine Bedin created one of the most iconic pieces of postmodern design in 1981: the Super lamp. Presented at the Memphis group’s first exhibition in Milan, this piece quickly became one of the most recognisable symbols of radical Italian design of the 1980s. Conceived as an object halfway between a toy, a light fitting and a domestic sculpture, the lamp features a semi-circular silhouette mounted on castors and adorned with six coloured bulbs. Martine Bedin described it as “a little dog I could take with me”, thus highlighting the playful and emotional nature of this now iconic creation. In contrast to the functionalism that was dominant at the time, Super champions colour, humour and expressiveness as essential values of design. The bulbs, deliberately left exposed, play a full part in the visual composition, whilst the castors transform the object into a mobile, almost living presence. A true manifesto of the Memphis aesthetic, this model now features in the collections of several major institutions dedicated to 20th-century design and remains one of Martine Bedin’s most sought-after creations. A model presented in the first Memphis collection in 1981, it has become one of the iconic lighting fixtures of Italian postmodern design.
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About the sale Sculptural furniture and functional art
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 2:00 PM
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