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ECKHART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)
Lot 6

ECKHART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)

A WALL LIGHT FROM THE PALACE OF THE MAHARAJA OF INDORE, CIRCA 1930

Closed17 December 2015

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ECKHART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)
A WALL LIGHT FROM THE PALACE OF THE MAHARAJA OF INDORE, CIRCA 1930

executed by Max Krüger, nickeled and lacquered metal
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide, 25 ½ in. (64.7 cm.) deep

Anne-Sophie Duval, Paris.

Specialist note

cf. R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius, The Maharaja's Palace in Indore 1930, Stuttgart, 1996, pp. 88-89 for a period photograph of a light of this model in the study of Dr. Marcel Hardy at the Maharaja's Palace, p. 108, fig. 109 for another wall light of this model, p. 114, fig. 126 for a drawing of this model.