Ingo Maurer
Wo bist du, Edison...? (Where are you, Edison...?) Hanging Lamp

Wo bist du, Edison...? (Where are you, Edison...?) Hanging Lamp

© Ingo Maurer

Wo bist du, Edison...? (Where are you, Edison...?) Hanging Lamp
Wo bist du, Edison...? (Where are you, Edison...?) Hanging Lamp
DesignerGerman, 1932–2019
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Wo bist du, Edison...? (Where are you, Edison...?) Hanging Lamp
DateDesigned 1998, made 2000
PlaceGermany
MediumAcrylic glass, hologram, and halogen bulb
DimensionsOverall (acrylic shade): 9 1/2 × 17 15/16 dia. in. (24.1 × 45.6 dia. cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2000.338
Not on view

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Provenance[Ingo Maurer Inc., Munich]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition History"Design of Our Time," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 25–May 13, 2001.

"Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 16, 2021; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, July 2–September 21, 2021.

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