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Lot 223
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Jean Tinguely

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jean Tinguely
  • Antares
  • painted iron wheel base, metal bars, metal wheels, rubber belt and electric motor
  • 119 by 54 by 46cm.; 46 7/8 by 54 1/4 by 18 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1965.

Provenance

Alexander Iolas Collection, Greece
A gift from the above to the present owner in 1974

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Jean Tinguely, 1966
Milan, Galleria Iolas, Jean Tinguely, 1966
Rome, Galleria Iolas-Galatea, Jean Tinguely, 1967
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Tinguely, 1967

Literature

Christina Bischofberger, Jean Tinguely, Catalogue Raisonné: Sculptures and Reliefs 1954 - 1968, Zurich 1982, p. 246, no. 364, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. On close inspection scattered spots of flaking and oxidisation have occurred over time. This work has been rewired and is in full working order.
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