EUGÈNE PRINTZ (1879-1948) Variant (black lacquered) of the model presented in the Pavillon du luminaire and the Grand salon at the Galerie Printz during the Exposition internationale des arts et des techniques appliqués à la vie moderne, Paris, 1937. Rare floor lamp with indirect lighting. The thick circular base and cylindrical shaft in original black lacquered wood. Five gutter-shaped rings, perforated on their flat sides and made of patinated brass (not oxidized with the original sponge), punctuate the shaft. The bowl, in the shape of a horn with a slight profile around the rim, is made of patinated brass (not oxidized with the original sponge); its interior is lacquered. Vintage edition from the 1940s. Oxidation to metal parts, patina wear to brass parts, alterations to the lacquer inside the horn, missing lighting system, jumps, cracks, rubbing and scattered scratches to black lacquered parts, base previously reworked in black paint. Height: 179 cm - Diameter of lighting basin: 53 cm Bibliography : - Mobilier et Décoration - May 1946. Identical model reproduced on pages 12 and 17. - Mobilier et Décoration - September-October 1954. Identical model reproduced on page 12. - Plaisir de France - October 1937. High sycamore variant with metal-plated base reproduced on page 5. - Mobilier et Décoration - November 1937 - Spécial Exposition Internationale Paris 1937. Tall variant in sycamore with metal-plated base, reproduced on page 460. - Plaisir de France - May 1938. Tall variant in sycamore with metal-plated base, reproduced on pages LXXIV, 159, 163 and 164. - Mobilier et Décoration - May 1938. High sycamore variant with metal-plated base reproduced on page 164. - Gabriel Henriot - Le luminaire moderne - Exposition Internationale Paris 1937 - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1992. High sycamore variant featured on a photograph of the interior of the Pavillon de la lumière, reproduced on plate 1. - Presentation Maurice Dufrène - Ensembles mobiliers - Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1937 ; volume 2 - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1937. High sycamore variant with metal-plated base, reproduced on plate 4. - Guy Bujon & Jean-Jacques Dutko - Printz- Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. High sycamore variant reproduced on page 51, sycamore variant with metal-plated base reproduced on page 164.