Serge MOUILLE (1922-1988)

Two-arm pivoting wall sconce, the model designed around 1953.
Wall sconce with two pivoting arms; each terminating in an adjustable bulb cover.
The rectangular backplate and the angled tubular light arms are made of black lacquered metal.
The bulb covers are black lacquered aluminum on the outside, white on the inside.
The original brass clamping cleats and ball joints.

Vintage edition from the 1950s.

Used condition, with scuffs and lacquer chips on the bulb covers.

H. 78.5 cm – Length of the longest arm with bulb cover: 180 cm (+ 30 cm return) – Length of the shortest arm with bulb cover: 97 cm (+ 30 cm return) – Span

max: 277 cm – Overall height: 97 cm

Provenance: Private collection, L’Île-D’Yeu.

Bibliography:
– Pierre Émile Pralus – Serge Mouille, un classique français (a French classic) – Les Éditions du Mont Thou, Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d’Or, 2006. The drawing of our model is reproduced on page 66, with other images of our model reproduced on pages 79, 122, and 171.

– Collective – Jean Prouvé/Serge Mouille, two masters of metal – Exhibition catalog organized in May 1985 at Galerie De Lorenzo in New York, then in the autumn at Galerie Alan et Christine Counord in Paris, bilingual edition by both galleries, Paris, 1985. Drawing of the model reproduced on page 124 and identical model reproduced on page 125.

– Alan et Christine Counord – Serge Mouille – Luminaires 1953-1962 – Édition Galerie 1950, Paris, 1983. Drawing of the model reproduced on page 28 and identical model reproduced on page 32.