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Gerald Abramovitz (5 November 1928 – 16 June 2011) was a South African architect and furniture designer. He studied architecture at the University of Pretoria and design at the Royal College of Art in London.

His work is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. There his signature piece, a cantilevered desk lamp, is featured. He designed an award-winning chair for Knoll, the international furniture company, and the cantilever desk lamp of aluminum and steel for Best and Lloyd, the British design firm.

He died at the age of 82 on 16 June 2011 from injuries sustained in a violent mugging a month earlier.

References

1. "RootsWeb: Database Index". Ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
2. ^ Abbey, Alan D. (21 June 2011). "The Eulogizer: Architect Gerald Abramovitz, Baltimore author Ben Herman, Sen. Ron Wyden's mother | Jewish Telegraphic Agency". Jta.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
3. Anahad O'Connor (16 June 2011). "Architect, 82, Dies Weeks After Being Robbed and Beaten". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

External links

• Notice of death of Gerald Abramovitz Archived 19 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Obituary in The Gothamist online

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