Lot 338
  • 338

Niki de Saint-Phalle

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • Chaise Serpent
  • inscribed with the artist's signature and number 7/20
  • painted resin
  • 70 7/8 by 33 3/8 by 29 1/2 in. 180 by 85 by 75 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is number 7 from an edition of 20.

Provenance

Cachet of Gérard Haligon Résines d'art, Paris
Tajan, Paris, August 4, 2004, lot 62

Exhibited

Knokke-le-Zoute, Guy Pieters Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres Récentes, August 1991 (another example exhibited)
Basel, Galerie Bonnier, Niki de Saint Phalle, A One-Woman Show, June 1993 (another example exhibited)
Atlanta Botanical Garden; Chicago, Garfield Park Conservatory; Saint Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden, Niki in the Garden: The Extraodinary Sculptures of Niki de Saint Phalle, 2006 - 2008 (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There are some light dirt accretions on the surface.
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