Table Lamp
1940 · Aluminum, steel, oak base, paper shade, and reflector bulb
17 3/4 x 14" (45.1 x 35.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Richard Kelly
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Useful Objects Under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941–1942
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Useful Objects of American Design under $10
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940
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Richard Kelly was an American lighting designer and architect whose innovations in artificial illumination fundamentally shaped postwar interior and theatrical environments. Working primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, Kelly developed a systematic approach to light as a design material, distinguishing between ambient, task, and accent lighting in ways that became foundational to modernist spatial practice. His approach bridged scientific precision with aesthetic intention, treating light as capable of modulating perception and establishing hierarchy within built space.
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