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Former Ballroom, Manik Bagh Palace, Indore
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  • Former Ballroom, Manik Bagh Palace, Indore, 2007

  • part of ›Three Birds, Seven Stories, Interpolations and Bifurcations‹
  • Marble and platinum/palladium print
  • 40,5 x 50,8 cm
  • Acquired in 2008 with support of the Ernst und Elly Henke-Stiftung, Essen
  • Inv. P 306/18
  • © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
  • CommentaryThe ›Desta Chair‹ (model ST15) designed by Hans Luckhardt, Berlin (1931) was originally used as seating for the ballroom. The three-part wall lamps are by Eckart Muthesius and were produced by Max Krüger, Berlin. The original air conditioning system, one of the first of its kind in India and now defunct, was manufactured by Carl Wiessner, Görlitz and fitted by Heinz Riefenstahl, brother of the film maker Leni Riefenstahl.
  • Provenance2008: Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
  • Obj_Id: 31,214
  • Obj_Internet_S: ja
  • Obj_Ownership_S (Verantw):Painting, Sculpture, Media Art
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  • Obj_Creditline_S: Musuem Folkwang, Essen, Skulpturensammlung
  • Obj_Title1_S: Former Ballroom, Manik Bagh Palace, Indore
  • Obj_Title2_S: part of ›Three Birds, Seven Stories, Interpolations and Bifurcations‹
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  • Obj_Dating_S: 2007
  • Jahr von: 2,007
  • Jahr bis: 2,007
  • Obj_IdentNr_S: P 306/18
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  • Obj_Classification_S (Objtyp): Photography
  • Obj_Crate_S: 40,5 x 50,8 cm
  • Obj_Material_S: Marble and platinum/palladium print
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  • Obj_SpareSField01_S (Mat./Tech.): Marble and platinum/palladium print
  • Obj_AccNote_S (Erwerb): Acquired in 2008 with support of the Ernst und Elly Henke-Stiftung, Essen
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  • Obj_Rights_S: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
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The ›Desta Chair‹ (model ST15) designed by Hans Luckhardt, Berlin (1931) was originally used as seating for the ballroom. The three-part wall lamps are by Eckart Muthesius and were produced by Max Krüger, Berlin. The original air conditioning system, one of the first of its kind in India and now defunct, was manufactured by Carl Wiessner, Görlitz and fitted by Heinz Riefenstahl, brother of the film maker Leni Riefenstahl.