Ingo Maurer
"Ysmen" Table Lamp

"Ysmen" Table Lamp
"Ysmen" Table Lamp
"Ysmen" Table Lamp
DesignerGerman, 1932–2019
DesignerGerman, born 1958
CultureGerman
Titles
  • "Ysmen" Table Lamp
  • from "The MaMo Nouchies" series
DateDesigned 1998, made 1999
PlaceMunich, Germany
MediumPaper, metal, stainless steel, silicone, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 25 × 15 × 8in. (63.5 × 38.1 × 20.3cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael W. Dale
Object number2000.117
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenancePurchased from the designer Ingo Maurer GmbH for the MFAH, 2000
Exhibition HistoryExhibited, MFA,Houston, Andrews Gallery, ¦Design of Our Time¦, February 25 - May 13, 2001
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There is a label on the underside of the lamp's base: "Ysmen 230 / 125V, / sec.12V,50 W Halogen, GY 6,35 Ingo Maurer GmbH, Munich / Made in Germany"

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