JIŘÍ GEORGES LAUDA TABLE LAMP FOR NORWOOD OF MONTREAL

A heavily incised, geometric décor table lamp designed by Jiří Georges Lauda in the 1960s and produced, in collaboration with ceramist Paul Pannier, for Norwood Lamps of Montreal, Canada. Walnut accents are featured at the neck and base. These lamps are rare and highly collectible. This one, in light blue, is in excellent condition and has been paired with a tall, nubby fabric drum shade of similar vintage. JIŘÍ GEORGES LAUDA (1925–2014) was born in Prague in 1925 in what was then Czechoslovakia. He studied at the city's Academy of Fine Arts, where he trained in multiple disciplines—including sculpture, printmaking, illustration, and ceramics. He immigrated to Montreal in 1951 and briefly pursued a career in education. In 1966, the inaugural year of the Montreal Metro, he cooperated with its artistic director, Robert LaPalme (best known as an editorial cartoonist), to create a bronze plaque memorializing the early development of the city’s public transportation system. The plaque is h