Lot 301
  • 301

Niki de Saint-Phalle

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • Nana on a dolphin
  • incised with the artist's signature on the tail; incised with the number 7/8 on the underside of the dolphin
  • painted polyester
  • 32 1/4 by 10 1/2 by 29 in. 81.9 by 26.7 by 73.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is number 7 from an edition of 8, plus 2 artist's proofs, 2 hors de commerce and 1 épreuve d'edition.

Provenance

Jeffrey Loria, Inc., New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery; New York, James Goodman Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux éclatés + sculptures, October - December 1994 (another example exhibited)
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen, Gouachen, Serigraphie, Lithographien, September - October 1995 (another example exhibited)
Zurich, Galerie Kornfeld, Niki de Saint Phalle, November - December 1997 (another example exhibited)
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen Objekte Lithographien Serigraphien, September - December 2001 (another example exhibited)
Escondido, California Center for the Arts, Niki de Saint Phalle: California Dreaming, May - December 2004 (another example exhibited)
Saint-Paul de Vence, Galerie Guy Pieters, Niki de Saint-Phalle, July - September 2009 (another example exhibited)
Rome, Fondazione Roma Museo, Niki de Saint Phalle, November 2009 - January 2010, p. 109, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Manderen, Château de Malbrouck, Niki de Saint Phalle, April - August 2010 (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. Close inspection reveals some very minor surface abrasions and extremely minor pinpoint surface accretions. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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