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Desk lamp
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Desk lamp

Kurt Versen (American, born in Sweden, 1901–1997)
Kurt Versen Company (active about 1933–2008)
about 1931–33
Object PlaceNew York or Englewood, New Jersey, New York
Medium/TechniqueChrome and brass
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1957
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1985, owned by Alan Moss (dealer), New York; sold June 20, 1985 to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of John Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 2015)
Monophone (AE 40)
Automatic Electric Company
1938–50
William Lescaze
designed about 1932
Gilbert Rohde
designed about 1933
Apollo Electric Company
about 1950
Chandelier
Artist unknown
1937
Desk lamp
Donald Deskey
designed about 1928; produced 1928–1931
Without cord
William Lescaze
designed about 1934