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Nesso lamp by Giancarlo Mattioli for Artemide 1967
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Product description
Magnificent and iconic Nesso lamp by Giancarlo Mattioli for Artemide.
Original edition, Italy 1967.
Collector's item, seen in numerous films and television series. Photos available.
Exhibited in many museums, including the Centre Pompidou and MoMA in New York.
Structure entirely made of white plastic.
Very light, original, and even patina. Fantastic effect.
Large, mushroom-shaped lampshade with a unique style, giving it its identity and making it instantly recognizable.
It houses four light points.
Tulip-shaped base, as original as it is unlike anything else.
A lamp with a timeless design, relatively rare in its original edition, in exceptional condition.
Stamped and engraved.
Labels still present under the base and the lampshade.
Height 34 cm.
Diameter 54 cm.
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G. Mattioli:
Born in Bologna in 1933, Giancarlo Mattioli was an Italian designer, architect, urban planner, portraitist, man and intellectual, who enjoyed great success in the 1950s and 1960s. A student at an art high school, he continued to cultivate his passion for pen drawing, inherited from his masters. Graduated in architecture in Florence, in 1961 he founded the group of urban architects “Città Nuova” with Pierluigi Cervellati, Umberto Maccaferri, Franco Morelli, Gianpaolo Mazzucato and Mario Zaffagnini.
In 1965, with "Città Nuova," he participated in the "Studio Artemide Domus di Milano" competition, organized by Artemide and Editrice Domus to explore new ways of designing lamps as lighting objects.
The submitted project was a lamp inspired by the shape of a jellyfish. Mattioli and the professionals at the Group worked on new methods to achieve a soft, ambient light using a device that concealed the bulb.
The project was a success, and the lamp, named Nesso, went into production in 1967. It quickly became an iconic symbol of its time and has enjoyed lasting success, as evidenced by its inclusion in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
A creator of modern classics, Mattioli never hesitated to innovate: an intellectual driven by a genuine civic passion, he was also the technical architect of the historic urban planning schemes for the municipality of Bologna in the late 1960s. He was hired by the city councilor at the time, Giuseppe Campos Venuti, and remained there continuously, first as an employee and then as a senior manager in the technical offices, until 1999. He contributed to the development plan for the historic center, the hillside development plan, the industrial zone development plan, the 1985-1986 master plan, and the new railway hub.
He passed away in 2018 at the age of 85.
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ConditionExcellentColorsWhiteMaterialPlasticNumber of items1BrandArtemideHeight34 cmWidth54 cmDepth54 cm
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RIVE DE GIER, FranceOn Whoppah since January 2025 • 15 sales