Paavo Tynell

N°9041 ceiling lamp, said Snowflake

Artist's Resale Right

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November 25, 06:14 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 200,000 EUR

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Paavo Tynell

N°9041 ceiling lamp, said Snowflake

Circa 1948

Brass structure, lacquered brass and brass mesh flakes

Edited by Taito Oy, Finland

Stamped TT, numbered 9041 and with the editor's mark TAITO AB, MADE IN FINLAND inside

115,5 x 88 cm ; 45 ½ x 34 ⅝ in.

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Europe

Marianne Aav & Eeva Viljanen, Paavo Tynell, Helsinki, 2005, p. 103

Christian Simenc, « Paavo Tynell, L’éclaireur de Finlande », Maison française, October - November 2010, p.68

Ville Linna, Chasing light, the archival photographs and drawings of Paavo Tynell, Helsinki, 2020, p. 41 and 97 and p. 51 for a drawing of the model

A major figure of Finish design, Paavo Tynell is well-known for his lights to be innovative as well as refined, inspired by the poetry of nature. His famous Snowflake ceiling lamp recalls the suspended decorations Finish people traditionally used to place in their homes during the long months of winter.

Created in the middle of the 1940s, the Snowflake was produced in several versions. Ours, with its bowl in brass thinly perforated and its brass mesh flakes, captures and diffuses light in subtle variations of moving shades, giving space a welcoming and poetic atmosphere.

Presented in 1948 at the Finland House in New York, a display dedicated to promoting Finish industry, design and craftmanship, the Snowflake ceiling lamp of Paavo Tynell, produced by his manufacturing company Taito Oy, largely contributed to his recognition in the United States. Today, these ceiling lamps are amongst the most sought-after works and the most spectacular lights of the 20^th century design.

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