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Niki de Saint Phalle

Tir (Old Master) - séance Galerie J

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The Marcel Lehmann-Lefranc Collection

Niki de Saint Phalle

1930 - 2002

Tir (Old Master) - séance Galerie J 


signed, inscribed and dated 1961 (on the reverse)

paint, plaster, plastic, metal, string and wire mesh on wood in an antique frame

90 x 76 x 13 cm; 35 ⅜ x 29 ⅞ x 5 ⅛ in.

Executed in 1961.

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Collection Marcel Lehmann-Lefranc

Niki de Saint Phalle

1930 - 2002

Tir (Old Master) - séance Galerie J 


signé, inscrit et daté 1961 (au dos)

peinture, plâtre, plastique, métal, ficelle et grillage sur bois dans un cadre ancien

90 x 76 x 13 cm; 35 ⅜ x 29 ⅞ x 5 ⅛ in.

Exécuté en 1961.

Galerie J, Paris

Marcel Lehmann-Lefranc, Paris (acquired from the above in 1961)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Laure Murat , "Entrez chez les plus grands collectionneurs" in Beaux-Arts Magazine, December 1995, p.55, illustrated in colour

Harry Bellet, "Passions Privées" in Connaissance des Arts, January 1996, p. 35, illustrated in colour

Gérard Durozoi, Dictionnaire de l'art moderne et contemporain, Paris 2002, p. 445, illustrated in colour

Valérie Villeglé and Janice Parente, Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue Raisonné, 1949-2000, Volume 1, Brussels 2001, p. 117, no. 243, illustrated in colour & illustrated in colour on the cover

Caria Schulz-Hoffmann, Niki de Saint Phalle: My Art, My Dreams, Munich 2008, p. 13, illustrated


FILMS

Michel Hermant, Du côté de chez Fred, May 1989

Peter Schamoni, Niki de Saint Phalle: Who is the Monster, You or Me?, 1995


Paris, Galerie J, Tir à volonté, June - July 1961

Saint-Etienne, Maison de la Culture et Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, 1960 : l'art en France, 1957-1967, March - April 1983

Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris; Mannheim, Kunsthalle, Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, 1960: Les Nouveaux Réalistes, May 1986 - March 1987, p. 187, no. 77, illustrated in colour

Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Passions privées: Art moderne et contemporain dans les Collections particulières en France, December 1995 - March 1996, p. 425, no. 9, illustrated in colour

Angers, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Niki de Saint Phalle, des assemblages aux oeuvres monumentales, June - September 2004, p. 49, no. 18, illustrated

Nijmegen, Museum Het Valkhof, Pop Art in Europa, September 2012 - January 2013, p. 235, illustrated in colour

Houston, The Menil Collection; San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art, Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s, September 2021 - July 2022, pp. 130 & 132, illustrated in colour

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