Phillipe Hiquily

signed PH and numbered 3/8, executed in 2008 in an edition of 8 + 4AP by Lelouch Editions

This work is in overall very good condition. There are horizontal marks along the middle-sections of the threerods, probably inherent to the artist's process. There are a few brown spots scattered on the lower halves of the rods due to the casting process. The lamp functions properly. With bulbs.
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Philippe Hiquily is equally known for his sculptures and his design pieces. Born in 1925 in Montmartre, he studied at the Parisian Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the same class as César. One of his works, La Bicyclette, was acquired as early as in 1956 by the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. In 1959, he exhibited in the New York Gallery: The Contemporaries, and met Charles-Henri Ford the American writer and photographer who became one of his early supporters. A friend of  Max Ernst and Georges Bataille he became close to the Surrealist movement without, however, adhering to it. Famous for his work on metal, he began designing pieces of furniture in the 1960s, combining different materials and found objects in order to create poetical sculptures/furniture. Playing with the curves and using precious materials, he produced very feminine and elegant works of art to be living with.