Sergio Mazza

SERGIO MAZZA (Milan, 1931) for Artemide.
Pair of wall sconces "Gamma", 1960's.
Glass, nickel-plated brass.
In good condition.
Measurements: 20 x 27 x 13 cm.

The Gamma wall sconce or lamp by Sergio Mazza for Artemide is an elegant piece that combines formal sobriety, refined materials, and functionality typical of mid-century modern design. The molded glass diffuser filters the light softly, giving a warm, bidirectional illumination (downward and indirect, towards the ceiling).

The "Gamma" series reflects Mazza's characteristic language: sober, functional and elegant, with a clear influence of post-war Italian industrial design, which sought to combine practicality, technological innovation and refined aesthetics.

The Italian architect Mazza founded the Artemide brand in Milan with the aeronautical engineer Ernesto Gismondi. Despite the artisanal beginnings, the beginnings proved fruitful: in a short time, Artemide established itself as one of the most qualified brands in its sector, beginning to collaborate with designers such as Magistretti, BBPR, Gio Ponti and Livio Castiglioni, thus laying the foundations for its future expansion. In the 1960s, Mazza designed for the brand its most famous lamps, those in nickel-plated brass, opaline glass and crystal: cult objects and heritage of prestigious international museums, from hanging lamps such as Delta and Tau to the Clio wall lamp. The peculiarity of Artemide's products of that era is that, on the one hand, they guarantee the aesthetics and essential technologies of industrial design, but, at the same time, they manage to express the Italian tradition through the sophisticated choice and processing of materials. As for the "Toga" chair, it is one of the objects of furniture that have gone down in the history of Italian industrial design, becoming a popular icon having permanently entered the television scenes of the 1960s, such as that of "Space 1999".