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Ingo Maurer
Porca Miseria! [What a Disaster!], A Ceiling Light
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Description
executed by Ingo Maurer GmbH, steel wire, fragmented white porcelain, cutlery
46 ½ high x 41 ¼ in. wide (117.5 x 105 cm.)
Designed 1994, this example executed circa 2001.
Other examples of this model are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Waddesdon Manor, United Kingdom.
Private Collection, Germany (acquired circa 2001).
46 ½ high x 41 ¼ in. wide (117.5 x 105 cm.)
Designed 1994, this example executed circa 2001.
Other examples of this model are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Waddesdon Manor, United Kingdom.
Private Collection, Germany (acquired circa 2001).
A top price for Ingo Maurer
This artwork by Ingo Maurer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in October 2017. In the Masterpieces of Design & Photography auction, the work Porca Miseria! What a Disaster!, A Ceiling Light sold for GBP 118,750.00 (€ 135,398.24) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 45,000.00. This high result makes Porca Miseria! What a Disaster!, A Ceiling Light the most expensive artwork by Ingo Maurer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ingo Maurer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ingo Maurer erzielte im Oktober 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Masterpieces of Design & Photography wurde die Arbeit Porca Miseria! What a Disaster!, A Ceiling Light für GBP 118.750,00 (€ 135.398,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 45.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Porca Miseria! What a Disaster!, A Ceiling Light zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ingo Maurer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ingo Maurer - Auction history
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