STUDIO HAAG IS PROUD TO PRESENT A RARE SET OF FIVE ‘DORA’ LUMINOUS ROCK LAMPS BY ANDRÉ CAZENAVE FOR SINGLETON (1960s–1970s)

DESIGNED BY ANDRÉ CAZENAVE IN THE 1960s, THE ICONIC ‘DORA’ ROCK LAMPS EMBODY HIS UNIQUE VISION OF MERGING SCULPTURE WITH FUNCTION. PRODUCED BY SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS — INCLUDING ROLAND JAMOIS, ATELIER A, SINGLETON, DISDEROT, AND TECTA — THESE LAMPS REMAIN ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE EXAMPLES OF MID-CENTURY FRENCH LIGHTING DESIGN. THIS PARTICULAR SET OF FIVE DIFFERENT-SIZED PIECES WAS MANUFACTURED BY SINGLETON, KNOWN FOR ITS DISTINCTLY TEXTURED FINISH AND SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN TONE AND SHAPE.

EACH LAMP IS HANDCRAFTED FROM EPOXY AND FIBERGLASS, THEN COATED WITH A DELICATE LAYER OF MINERAL POWDER THAT CREATES ITS CHARACTERISTIC STONE-LIKE APPEARANCE. NO TWO PIECES ARE IDENTICAL — EACH POSSESSES ITS OWN ORGANIC FORM, CAPTURING CAZENAVE’S INTENTION TO BRING ELEMENTS OF NATURE INTO THE HOME WHILE BLURRING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN ART AND LIGHT.

WHEN ILLUMINATED, THE ‘DORA’ REVEALS ITS SCULPTURAL ESSENCE: A GENTLE, GLOWING PRESENCE THAT EVOKES THE LIGHT OF THE MOON. ITS DIFFUSED, AMBIENT RADIANCE ADDS A TRANQUIL AND ATMOSPHERIC TOUCH TO ANY INTERIOR, MAKING IT BOTH A FUNCTIONAL OBJECT AND A WORK OF ART.

THIS SET OF FIVE IS IN VERY GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION, WITH MINIMAL TRACES OF WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. ALL BUT ONE LAMP RETAIN THEIR DISTINCTIVE SINGLETON LABEL ON THE UNDERSIDE. THE REMAINING PIECE, WITH A METAL UNDERSIDE, IS UNMARKED BUT CLEARLY RECOGNIZABLE AS A SINGLETON MOON ROCK BY ITS CHARACTERISTIC FORM AND BUILD. COMPLETE SETS IN MULTIPLE SIZES ARE RARE, AND SINGLETON VARIANTS ARE PARTICULARLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. AN ICONIC EXAMPLE OF 1960s FRENCH DESIGN, THE ‘DORA’ LAMP CONTINUES TO STAND AT THE CROSSROADS OF ART, DESIGN, AND SCULPTURE.

STUDIO HAAG ALSO OFFERS A SET OF FIVE ‘DORA’ MOON ROCK LAMPS BY ANDRÉ CAZENAVE FOR ATELIER A, FRANCE, 1960s.

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