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ECKART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)

Lot 24
03.10.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1030159
Lot 24 | ECKART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
ECKART MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)

Paire de fauteuils, commande spéciale, vers 1930

Chêne tapissé de simili cuir, alpaca, celluloïd, argent et verre partiellement dépoli ; système éclairant / leatherette upholstered oak, alpaca, celluloid, silver and partially frosted glass ; electrical components

Chacun : 95 x 88 x 115 cm / each : 37 3/8 x 34 5/8 x 45 ¼ in

Chaque élément des cendriers portant la marque du fabricant MARGRAF & CO et les poinçons d'argent au revers





Provenance

Collection du Maharajah d'Indore, palais Manik Bagh, Inde, vers 1930-1933, puis par descendance.

Galleria Galatea / Mario Tazzoli, Turin, acquis auprès de cette dernière.

Vente Sotheby's Monaco, Mobilier moderniste provenant du palais du Maharaja d'Indore, 25 mai 1980, lot 193.

Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, acquis dans cette dernière.

Collection privée, Allemagne.

Collection privée, Paris, acquis auprès de cette dernière.

Galerie Doria, Paris, acquis auprès de cette dernière.

Collection privée, acquis auprès de cette dernière, puis dans la famille par descendance.



Literature

Pour nos exemplaires :

'Palace of a Raja: 1934 Style', Fortune, février 1934, n. 2, p. 67.

R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, septembre 1970, n. 223, p. 52-53.

A. Pica, 'Eckart Muthesius in India, 1930-34, The Avant-Garde meets history', Domus, avril 1979, n. 593, p. 7.

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. 68.

A. Bangert, 'Auktion in Monte Carlo: Die Möbel des Maharadschas', Ambiente wohnen international, 1980, p. 159.

A. Bangert, Jugendstil Art Deco, Möbel und Interieur, Heyne, Munich, 1980, p. 119.

P. Garner, Twentieth-Century Furniture, Phaidon, Oxford, 1980, p. 117.

Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, les éditions de l’illustration, Paris, 1987, p. 51.

K.-J. Sembach, G. Leuthäuser et P. Gössel, Le Design du meuble, Au XXe Siècle, Taschen, Cologne, 1989, p. 135.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930, Der Palast des Maharadschas in Indore. Architektur und Interieur, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 46-47, 49, 58.

N. Wohllaib, 'Indisches Gesamtkunstwerk wiederentdeckt', Design report, juin 1997, p. 96.

R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius. India, 1930-1939. Architecture, design, photography, Wanderausstellung des Goethe-Instituts, Berlin, 1999, p. 65.

P. Bayer, Intérieurs Art Deco, Thames & Hudson, Paris, 2000, p. 137-138.

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. 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 87.

A. Jaffer, Fastes occidentaux de Maharajahs. Créations européennes pour l’Inde Princière, Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris, 2007, p. 263.

Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, catalogue d’exposition, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, 10 octobre 2009-17 janvier 2010, p. 188.

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. 34.

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. 94-95, 140.

G. Lenain, Le dernier Maharaja d’Indore, Seuil, Paris, 2022, p. 147, 150, cité.



Exhibited

Porza-Haus, Berlin, décembre 1931-janvier 1932, exposition d'Eckart Muthesius préalable à l'installation des pièces.

Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, 10 octobre 2009-17 janvier 2010.

Moderne Maharajah, un mécène des années 1930, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 26 septembre 2019-12 janvier 2020.
Artist:Eckart Muthesius (1904-1989)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Acrylic glass, Glass, Leather, Plastic
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:Germany
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs
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