"Dark Room In Use" Illuminated Sign
Incredibly heavy and substantial this "DARK ROOM IN USE " light box sign makes a great piece of art. Its glowing red letters once warning anyone at the door not to open it and ruin a roll of film. Cast in a heavy black-painted steel housing with a milk-glass style diffuser panel, DARK ROOM IN USE, hand-stenciled red block letters — the kind of confident, no-nonsense industrial typography that only comes from equipment made to be seen and obeyed from across a room. Visible slotted screws hold the face plate in place.
It has real heft in hand, built the way commercial fixtures used to be: thick-gauge steel, tight seams, and hardware meant to outlast the building it hung in. Bridges photography history and industrial design — equally at home in a working studio, a darkroom-themed powder room, a media or screening room, or simply mounted as sculptural wall lighting in a loft or gallery space.
Located at our Los Angeles Gallery.
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LU1853351335412
United States
1960s
width
height
depth
seat height
Unknown
LU1853351335412
United States
1960s
width
height
depth
seat height
Unknown
LU1853351335412
United States
1960s
width
height
depth
seat height
"Dark Room In Use" Illuminated Sign
Incredibly heavy and substantial this "DARK ROOM IN USE " light box sign makes a great piece of art. Its glowing red letters once warning anyone at the door not to open it and ruin a roll of film. Cast in a heavy black-painted steel housing with a milk-glass style diffuser panel, DARK ROOM IN USE, hand-stenciled red block letters — the kind of confident, no-nonsense industrial typography that only comes from equipment made to be seen and obeyed from across a room. Visible slotted screws hold the face plate in place.
It has real heft in hand, built the way commercial fixtures used to be: thick-gauge steel, tight seams, and hardware meant to outlast the building it hung in. Bridges photography history and industrial design — equally at home in a working studio, a darkroom-themed powder room, a media or screening room, or simply mounted as sculptural wall lighting in a loft or gallery space.
Located at our Los Angeles Gallery.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Southampton, NY 11968