American Decorative Arts
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:
Not 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:
“Acquisitions 1985–1987,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988): 88.
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 119, ill.
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.
