Artist Monograph

Michael Lax, American

American, 1929–1999

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	40%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	60%

Range: 16.0 cm → 38.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	3
1981	1
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Lytegem High-Intensity Lamp Design Acc. 915.1965.1	1965	Plastic, zinc, and aluminum	15 x 3 x 3 1/2" (38.1 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Lytegem High-Intensity Lamp Design Acc. 915.1965.2	1965	Plastic, zinc, and aluminum	15 x 3 x 3 1/2" (38.1 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Lytegem High-Intensity Lamps Design Acc. 915.1965.1-2	1965	Plastic, zinc, and aluminum	15 x 3 x 3 1/2" (38.1 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Modulion 10 Ionizer Design Acc. 227.1981	1980	Plastic	5 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 6 5/16" (14.3 x 16 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Bowl Design Acc. 139.2016	1987	Polished aluminum	5 3/8 × 8 × 6 3/4" (13.7 × 20.3 × 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Alexandra A. Herzan