Night Blossom Chandelier
- Artist
- Tord Boontje, Dutch, born 1968
- Date
- 2003
- designed in
- London, Greater London, England, Europe
- Classification
- Lighting
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 131
- Dimensions
- 40 1/2 x 57 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (102.9 x 146.1 x 36.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by Emily Rauh Pulitzer in honor of Cara McCarty
- Rights
- © Tord Boontje, Design for Swarovski
- Object Number
- 1:2006
NOTES
This floating, crystal-encrusted branch is a contemporary chandelier, commissioned by the Austrian crystal manufacturer, Swarovski. As with chandeliers from other eras, nature was Tord Boontje’s point of departure. His work is inspired by the romantic decoration on 17th and 18th-century objects, while his use of tiny blue LED lights wrapped around a branch-shaped form places Night Blossom firmly in the 21st century. Boontje’s designs are like jewelry: they are about romance and ornament.
Provenance
2003 - 2004
Swarovski, Tyrol, Austria
2004 - 2006
Moss Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased from Swarovski [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Moss Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] According to an email letter dated May 2, 2006 from Daniel Basiletti, Moss Gallery, NY, to Cara McCarty, Saint Louis Art Museum, Moss Gallery purchased the 2003 prototype of the Night Blossom chandelier in 2004 from Swarovski [SLAM document file].
[2] Invoice dated February 24, 2006 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 20, 2006.
Swarovski, Tyrol, Austria
2004 - 2006
Moss Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased from Swarovski [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Moss Gallery [2]
Notes:
[1] According to an email letter dated May 2, 2006 from Daniel Basiletti, Moss Gallery, NY, to Cara McCarty, Saint Louis Art Museum, Moss Gallery purchased the 2003 prototype of the Night Blossom chandelier in 2004 from Swarovski [SLAM document file].
[2] Invoice dated February 24, 2006 [SLAM document files], and Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 20, 2006.