Lot 702
  • 702

Niki de Saint-Phalle

Estimate
240,000 - 300,000 HKD
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • Yin Yang
  • painted polyester resin (two elements)
stamped with artist's signature, stamped with foundry mark and numbered 3/7 on the lower edge
executed in 1982, this work is number 3 from an edition of 7, plus 3 artist's proofs

Provenance

Private Collection, Texas
Christie's New York, 21 September 2011, Lot 150
Galerie Delaive, Amsterdam
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Colette Creuzevault, Salon de Mars, March 1991 (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Minor spots of abrasion and accretion scattered over the cavity space of the egg. Minor paint loss observed primarily on the edge of egg cavity, on the tip of the egg as well as the green stripe of the egg, visible only upon close examination. Discrete scratch observed on the gold paint of the egg. This work comes with a wood plinth painted white, measuring 113 (H) x 45 x 45 cm, and a plexi cover measuring 72 (H) x 45 x 45 cm.
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