Kandem Ceiling Light No. 777
The metalsmith and photographer Marianne Brandt designed numerous household products that have become icons of modern design. As director of the Bauhaus metal workshop from 1928‒29, she facilitated a contract between the school and the lighting manufacturer Körting & Mathiesen, known as Kandem. In the following years, she and her students developed dozens of lamps for mass production, forming industrial materials into standardized, easy-to-replicate components. This pendant lamp incorporates a subtle design feature intended to yield a distinct lighting condition: the bottom of the glass shade is opaque, while the top is translucent, resulting in both diffuse and direct light.
Artwork Details
- Title: Kandem Ceiling Light No. 777
- Designer: Marianne Brandt (German, Chemnitz 1893–1984 Kirchberg)
- Designer: Hin Bredendieck (American, born Germany, 1904–1985)
- Manufacturer: Körting & Mathiesen AG (aka Kandem) (Leipzig, Germany)
- Date: Designed 1932, manufactured 1938–39
- Medium: Nickeled white metal, blown glass
- Dimensions: Height: 51 × 10 3/4 in. (129.5 × 27.3 cm)
- Classification: Lamps
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.238a, b
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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