Pair Of "mail Coach" Wall Lights, Félix Agostini, Paris, France, 1962

Pair of « Mail Coach » sconces designed in 1962 by Félix Agostini (1910-1980).
Proofs in bronze with gilded patina, early edition. Recent silk lampshades, remade in the same style as the originals by the « Abat-jour Agostini » workshop.
A certificate from Dominique Kerguenne, the artist’s daughter, accompanies them and will be given to the buyer.

Total height: 42 cm (16.5 inches)
Bronze parts height: 25 cm (9.8 inches)
Total width: 28 cm (11 inches)
Bronze parts width: 17 cm (6.7 inches)
Lampshade height: 15 cm (5.9 inches)
Lampshade width: 28 cm (11 inches)
Total depth: 14,5 cm (5.7 inches)

Félix Agostini (1910 – 1980)
Félix Agostini was born in Paris in 1910. He had a talent for drawing from childhood, and at the age of 24 was hired by a printer as an advertising designer and retoucher. A few years later, he opened his own store and produced his first lighting fixtures in wrought iron, ceramics and bronze. He also worked with Diego Giacometti. From 1955 onwards, he sculpts the models for his lighting fixtures in plaster, which are then cast in bronze. Every summer for several years, he personally exhibited his work at the Galerie Cusin in Mougins, where he built up a large clientele. Félix Agostini died in 1980.
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