MICHEL BUFFET (1931-2024) & ROBERT MATHIEU ÉDITEUR B211, black/white variant, the model originally designed in white circa [1953] and presented at the 37th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1953 Dual-lighting floor lamp. Black-lacquered tubular metal V-shaped shaft and legs, each with a circular base. The truncated and perforated cone-shaped reflector in black-lacquered metal. The circular bowl in white-lacquered metal. Circa 1950. Height: 175cm Provenance: Private collection, Paris: Private collection, Paris. Exhibition: - 37th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs - Grand Palais, Paris, April 28 to June 7, 1953. First presentation of the all-white B211 model, edited by Robert Mathieu, at this event. - Lumières, je pense à vous- Galerie du CCI du Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 3 - August 5, 1985. An identical model is shown under catalog no. 101. Bibliography: - Mobilier et Décoration - N° 3 of 1954. An identical model, entirely white, featured on an advertisement by the publisher Mathieu in the introductory notebooks. - Collectif - Lumières, je pense à vous- Exhibition catalog, Galerie du CCI du Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 3 - August 5, 1985. An identical model referenced under no. 101 and reproduced on page 136. - Charlotte and Peter Fiell - 1000 Lights 1879 to 1959 - Editions Taschen, Cologne, 2005. Identical model reproduced on page 474. - Clémence and Didier Krzentowski - The Complete Designer's Lights II - Éditions JRP Ringier, Zürich, 2014. An identical model reproduced on page 44 and described on page 43. - Guillemette Delaporte - Michel Buffet, un esthète dans le monde industriel - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2018. The prototype of the model, entirely white, reproduced on pages 4 and 8; the drawing of the model appearing on Michel Buffet's deposit with the Syndicat de la propriété artistique dated January 9, 1953 reproduced on page 18; identical models, entirely white, reproduced on pages 25 and 177.