Tito Agnoli for O-Luce Pendant Wall Light

Tito Agnoli for O-Luce, wall light, coated aluminum, teak, brass, Italy, circa 1950.

This remarkable wall-mounted light, created by designer Tito Agnoli and produced by O-Luce around 1950, is a captivating blend of teak, metal, and brass. Notably, it includes a pendant suspended along the electric cord, guided by a brass arm affixed to the wooden arm. The cord descends, culminating in a brass cylinder serving as a counterweight to maintain the pendant's position. The design intentionally exposes the lamp's mechanical elements, resulting in a light that is simultaneously raw and refined, making it an ideal choice for the living room or office space.

Tito Agnoli (1931-2012), whose full name is Giovanni Battista Agnoli, is considered one of the most important Italian designers of modern lighting. Agnoli was born in 1931 in Lima, two years after his parents emigrated to Peru in 1929 due to the political situation in Italy where Mussolini's fascistic regime was on the rise. After WWII, Agnoli came to Milan in 1947 and started to take art lessons and enrolled into the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. The mid-century tendency in the art world, with surrealism and abstract expressionism thriving, didn't suit Agnoli's realism. A year later he began to study engineering and architecture at the Milan Polytechnic. During his career, Agnoli worked as an assistant for Gio Ponti and Carlo De Carli. From the fifties onwards, Tito Agnoli, who was still very young, created a series of ambitious creative design projects for O-Luce, Arflex, Poltrona Frau, Matteo Grassi, etc. He has been nominated for the Compasso d’Oro several times during his career. Nowadays, some of his designs are part of the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York.

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