Lot 12
  • 12

Philippe Hiquily

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Philippe Hiquily
  • Le Bestiaire (Ariane)
  • iron
  • 50 x 45 x 36,5 cm; 19  11/16  x 17  11/16  x 14  3/8  in.
  • Executed in 1958, this work is unique.

Provenance

Zachary Scott, New York
Michel Morabito, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Sale: Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, 4 April 1993, lot 66
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger 

Literature

Chen Yen-Fong, Hiquily, Erotisme, Mouvement et Humour en Sculptures, Artist no. 112, Taiwan-Taipei, September 1984, p.167, illustrated
Philippe Hiquily, Catalogue Raisonné 1948-2011, Volume I, Paris, 2012, p. 108, no. 61, illustrated in colour

Condition

The overall tonality is lighter in the original work. This work is in very good original condition.
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