Pair of Wall Lights
Designer
Eckart Muthesius(German, 1904–1989)German, 1904–1989
MakerMade by
Max Krüger(German)German
CultureGerman
Titles
- Pair of Wall Lights
Date1930–1933
MediumAlpaca silver
DimensionsOverall (each): 12 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 23 in. (31.8 × 19.1 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2023.360.1,.2
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignObject Type
Published References 'Indisches Märchenschloss 1933, Ein Berliner Architekt baut den Palast des Maharadschas von Indore', Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, 19 Novembre 1933, n. 46, n. p. 'Palace of a Raja: 1934 Style', Fortune, Février 1934, n. 2, p. 65. 'A Palace for the Maharajah of Indore', Harper’s Bazaar, Août 1934, p. 58. 'Ein deutscher Architekt baut den Palast des Maharadschas von Indore, ein "Wohnhaus" für 4 Millionen Mark, ein deutsches Märchenschloss in Indien', Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten, 12 Septembre 1934, n. 255, p. 8. M. Pietrantoni, 'L’Artificio e l’Illusione, In un teatro moderno d’epoca, Il modo e la forma di Eckart Muthesius', Gran Harper’s Bazaar Italia, Juillet-Août 1979, p. 69. A. Bangert, 'Auktion in Monte Carlo: Die Möbel des Maharadschas', Ambiente wohnen international, 1980, p. 158. K.-J. Sembach, G. Leuthäuser et P. Gössel, Le Design du meuble, Au XXe Siècle, Taschen, Cologne, 1989, p. 133. R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930, Der Palast des Maharadschas in Indore. Architektur und Interieur, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 38, 81, 108. R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius. India, 1930-1939. Architecture, design, photography, Wanderausstellung des Goethe-Instituts, Berlin, 1999, p. 63, 74. P. Bayer, Intérieurs Art Deco, Thames & Hudson, Paris, 2000, p. 138. Le Palais du Maharadjah d'Indore. Photographies. Man Ray, Emil Leitner, Eckart Muthesius, catalogue d'exposition, Galerie Doria, Paris, 15 septembre-18 Novembre 2006, p. 81. R. Billé et L. Curtis, Moderne Maharajah. Un mécène des années 1930, catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 Septembre 2019-12 Janvier 2020, p. 51, 98-99, 153. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Each light is incised on the back of the fixture with a symbol.
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