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Property from the Maharam Family Collection

Niki de Saint Phalle

La Mort

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Maharam Family Collection

Niki de Saint Phalle

1930 - 2002


La Mort

incised with the artist's initials and number 6/10 (on the lower edge)

painted polyester

14 by 17 ½ by 11 in.

35.6 by 44.5 by 27.9 cm.

Executed in 1985, this work is number 6 from an edition of 10 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Gasiunasen Gallery, Palm Beach

Acquired from the above in February 1997 by the present owner

Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Niki de Saint Phalle - Bilder, Figuren, Phantastische Garten, March - June 1987, no. 44, p. 123, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Glasgow, McLellan Galleries and Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Niki de Saint Phalle, June 1992 - September 1993, p. 260, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Hannover, Sprengel Museum, La Fête-Die Schenkung Niki de Saint Phalle, November 2000 - February 2001, p. 172, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Fécamp, Palais Bénédictine, Niki de Saint Phalle: Vive l'amour!, June - September 2006, p. 63, illustrated (another example exhibited)

Fondazione Roma Museo, Niki de Saint Phalle, November 2009 - January 2010, p. 118, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Exh. Cat., Roslyn Harbor, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Fantastic Vision: Works by Niki de Saint Phalle, September 1987 - January 1988, p. 48, illustrated

Luigi Agostini, Niki de Saint Phalle. Il Giardino dei Tarocchi, Milan, 1997, p. 78, illustrated in color