Door handle
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1950 - 1994
Materials
Wood.
Measurements
40 x 30 x 114 mm
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2 Willow Road, London (Accredited Museum)
On show at
2 Willow Road, London, London and South East, National Trust
NT 113033.1
Caption
This wooden door handle, probably designed by Goldfinger, is displayed on his desk as a series of ‘found objects.’ In treating an ordinary household fixture as a work of art, Goldfinger was challenging traditional notions of what could be considered art. Come to 2 Willow Road to see where else door handles appear as a motif in the house!
Summary
A wooden door handle. Carved wooden cylindrical handle bent at 90 degree angle and tapered off to a curved point. Displays a handwritten "A" in the circular face.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Ernö Goldfinger (1902-1987) and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, Mrs Ernö Goldfinger (d.1991), formally acquired in 1994.