Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Medusa table lamp, c. 1975
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Medusa table lamps, pair
Umberto Riva (1928–2021) · c. 1972
$2,500 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,542≈ €1,942
Hammer $2,000 · with buyer’s premium $2,500
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “glass, stainless steel, ceramic, rubber”
- Category
- Art glass
- Dimensions
- 14 h x 12½ w x 13½ d in (36 x 32 x 34 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2012/09/living-contemporary)
- Date
- September 27, 2012
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 281
- Estimate
- $3,000 – — (≈ £1,850) (≈ €2,330)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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