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Hans Poelzig

1869 – Berlin – 1936

Ten wall lights – presumably for the administrative buildings of I.G. Farben, Frankfurt am Main. Circa 1930

Copper profile, brass-coated; plexiglass, corrugated; glass; iron sheet, lacquered; luminous tubes, Siemens ballast unit (Siemens Halske). Each 16 × 68,5 × 15,5 cm (6 ¼ × 27 × 6 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Hans Poelzig. Ten wall lights – presumably for the administrative buildings of I.G. Farben, Frankfurt am Main. Circa 1930.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 3,360

 

- 5,600

Sold for:

18,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 01.12.2016

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Copper profile, brass-coated; plexiglass, corrugated; glass; iron sheet, lacquered; luminous tubes, Siemens ballast unit (Siemens Halske). Each 16 × 68,5 × 15,5 cm (6 ¼ × 27 × 6 ⅛ in.).

Comparable object: Büro Hans Poelzig: construction drawing for a ligting element, I. G. Farben, Frankfurt am Main. Administrative building, middle hall. Plans, 1931, Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität Berlin, inv. no. 4175.

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