Terms and conditions of use
PH 4/3, table lamp
designed (1927); manufactured (1927-1928)
Medium
patinated bronze, painted copper, elecrical cord, porcelain
Measurements
54.0 × 40.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2015
Gallery location
Gallery 8
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Poul Henningsen is regarded as one of the leading lighting designers of the twentieth century. In 1924 he designed his first multi-shade lamp, the first version of what later became known as the PH lamp. It had three lightweight nested shades in metal or moulded glass, all with mathematically determined curvatures that dispersed dazzle-free light. The principles of this lamp formed the basis of more than forty different lighting designs by Henningsen. The PH 4/3 design is an early illustration of a Bauhaus-influenced functionalist aesthetic. It has been in continuous production, with minor modifications, since first being introduced in 1927.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2015.417
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited