Terms and conditions of use
Artichoke, pendant lamp
designed (1958); manufactured (1960)
- Medium
- painted copper, electrical cord, (other materials)
- Measurements
- 57.0 × 60.0 cm diameter
- Accession Number
- 2015.416
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2015
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 - Gallery location
- Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International - About this work
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Poul Henningsen was a Danish designer, artist, architect and critic. During the 1920s he gained international recognition for his lighting designs, in particular the PH lamp which is now regarded as a classic of Danish industrial design.
Henningsen’s Artichoke, pendant lamp was designed in the later stages of his career, yet it retains the qualities and principles of his PH lighting designs with its multiple shades that create an indirect light, thus illuminating a room but without glare or exposing the light globe to view. The Artichoke, pendant lamp was originally commissioned by the architects Eva and Nils Koppel for their new Copenhagen restaurant, the Langelinie Pavilion. Henningsen created a large, opulent pendant light, his intention being to combine the festive and the functional.