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Lot 2
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Niki de Saint Phalle

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • Coeur à la chauve-souris
  • signé et titré au dos
  • peinture et objets divers sur bois
  • 76 x 91 x 27 cm; 29 15/16 x 35 13/16 x 10 5/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1963-1964.

Provenance

Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris
Samy Kinge, Paris
The Mayor Gallery, Londres
Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 2000

Exhibited

Berne, Kunsthalle, Weiss auf Weiss, 1966, no.94
Genève, Galerie Bonnier, Niki avant les Nanas, 1972, no.8
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Niki de Saint-Phalle : Rétrospective 1954-1980, 1980; catalogue, p.31, illustré; itinérance : Duisberg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck Museum der Stadt Duisberg, Retrospektive 1954-1980, 1980, catalogue, p.28, illustré; Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt, 1980; Nuremberg, Kunsthalle, 1981; Berlin, Hauss am Waldsee, Niki de Saint Phalle: Retrospektive 1954-1980, 1981; Hanovre, Kunstmuseum, 1981, catalogue, p.28, illustré; Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Niki de Saint Phalle: Retrospective 1954-1980, 1981, catalogue, no.12, illustré
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1960: Les Nouveaux Réalistes, 1986; catalogue, p.191, no.81, illustré en couleurs
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Bilder, Figuren, Phantastische Garten, 1987; catalogue, p.70, illustré en couleurs
Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Dimension Jouet, 1989; catalogue, p.105, illustré
Morlaix, Musée des Jacobins, Pierre Restany: le coeur et la raison, 1991; catalogue, p.2, illustré
Barcelone, Fundacio "La Caixa", Europa des Posteguerra 1945-1965, 1995
Vienne, Kunstlerhaus, Europa nach der flut, 1995; catalogue, p.239, illustré en couleurs
Paris, Espace Branly, Galerie Samy Kinge, F.I.A.C, 1996
Lisbonne, Fundacao das Descorbertas, Centro Cultural de Belem, Pop'60's: Transatlantic Crossing, 1997; catalogue, p.197, no.147, illustré en couleurs
Londres, The Mayor Gallery, Nouveau Réalisme, 2000; catalogue, no.11, illustré en couleurs

Literature

Edouard Roditi, Du, Zürich, 1965, p.610, illustré
Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Munich 1987, p.70, no.12, illustré en couleurs
Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue Raisonné, 1949-2000, Volume I, Berne, 2001, p.182, no.391, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration. Some scattered cracks to the white painting are visible all along the upper part of the heart. 5 light brown tiny stains (located at 10 cm from the right edge and 50 cm from the upper edge) are visible under close investigation. This work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Niki de Saint Phalle devant une oeuvre assemblage en plâtre, Hommage au Facteur cheval © Hans Namuth