Lot 144
  • 144

JEAN TINGUELY | Untitled (Lamp)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Tinguely
  • Untitled (Lamp)
  • welded iron, bulbs, wood, electric motor and mixed media
  • 216 x 92 x 80 cm; 85 x 36 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1989.

Provenance

Roger Nellens, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Tinguely: Catalogue raisonné Volume 3 Sculptures and Reliefs 1986-1991, Zürich, 2005, p. 198, no. 934, illustrated

Condition

The work is in good and original condition and in working condition. All surface irregularities are likely to in keeping with the artist choice of medium. All elements are stable. The left hand wing of the bird on the flower pot shows some former restoration. There is a cheap to the finger of the figure on the flower pot. Close inspection reveals a few missing flowers to the flower bouquet.
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