ID 1030156
Lot 3 | ECKART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
Paire d'appliques, commande spéciale, vers 1930-1933
Alpaca, métal peint et verre opalin / alpaca, painted metal and opaline glass
Chacune : 22 x 43 x 20,5 cm / each : 8 5/8 x 16 7/8 x 8 in
Provenance
Collection du Maharajah d'Indore, palais Manik Bagh, Inde, vers 1930-1933, puis par descendance.
Galleria Galatea / Mario Tazzoli, Turin, acquise auprès de cette dernière.
Vente Sotheby's Monaco, Mobilier moderniste provenant du palais du Maharaja d'Indore, 25 mai 1980, lot 207.
Collection privée, Paris.
Galerie Doria, Paris, acquise auprès de cette dernière.
Collection privée, acquise auprès de cette dernière, puis dans la famille par descendance.
Literature
Pour nos exemplaires :
'Indisches Märchenschloss 1933, Ein Berliner Architekt baut den Palast des Maharadschas von Indore', Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, 19 novembre 1933, n. 46, n. p.
R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, septembre 1970, n. 223, p. 52, 55.
A. Pica, 'Eckart Muthesius in India, 1930-34, The Avant-Garde meets history', Domus, avril 1979, n. 593, 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. 71.
A. Bangert, 'Auktion in Monte Carlo: Die Möbel des Maharadschas', Ambiente wohnen international, 1980, p. 155.
A. Bony, Les années 30 d’Anne Bony, les éditions du regard, Paris, 1987, p. 985.
Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, les éditions de l’illustration, Paris, 1987, p. 52.
Rêves d'alcôves : la chambre au cours des siècles, catalogue d’exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 10 janvier-30 avril 1995, p. 221, cité n. 97.
S. Gleizes, 'Histoire d’Alcôve', L’œil, mars 1995, n. 469, p. 64-65.
R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930, Der Palast des Maharadschas in Indore. Architektur und Interieur, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 74-75, 111.
Années 30 en Europe, le temps menaçant, 1929-1939, catalogue d’exposition, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 20 février-25 mai 1997, p. 506.
Y. Brunhammer, Le mobilier français : 1930-1960, Massin, Paris, 1997, p. 60.
R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius. India, 1930-1939. Architecture, design, photography, Wanderausstellung des Goethe-Instituts, Berlin, 1999, p. 70.
P. Bayer, Intérieurs Art Deco, Thames & Hudson, Paris, 2000, p. 136.
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. 3, 89, 91.
On the Paths of Enlightenment: The Myth of India in Western Culture: 1808-2017, catalogue d’exposition, Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, 24 septembre 2017-21 janvier 2018, p. 381.
N. d’Alincourt, 'Portfolio : Le Maharajah d’Indore, Un rêve moderne', L’objet d’art, octobre 2019, n. 560, p. 32.
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. 50, 106-107, 170.
Exhibited
Rêves d'alcôves : la chambre au cours des siècles, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 10 janvier-30 avril 1995.
Moderne Maharajah, un mécène des années 1930, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 septembre 2019-12 janvier 2020.
Artist: | Eckart Muthesius (1904-1989) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Glass |
Art style: | Art Deco |
Place of origin: | Germany |
Category: | Wall applique |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
Artist: | Eckart Muthesius (1904-1989) |
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Applied technique: | Metalwork |
Medium: | Glass |
Art style: | Art Deco |
Place of origin: | Germany |
Category: | Wall applique |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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