American Decorative Arts
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Maker: Bernard W. Fischer, American, 1900–1986

Lamp

1925–30

Patinated and unpatinated sheet copper

21 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 6 in. (54 × 23.5 × 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Bernard Fischer
1986.115.1
Geography: 
Made in New York, New York
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
American
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Lighting Devices
Provenance: 

Phyllis and Bernard W. Fischer, New York and Wingdale, N.Y., 1925-30 to 1986; transfered to the Estate of Bernard Fischer, New York, 1986

Bibliography: 

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 119, ill.

“Acquisitions 1985–1987,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 88.

John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 63, no. 32.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.