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NIKI DE SAINT-PHALLE | Oiseau (Last night I had a dream)

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60,000 - 90,000 EUR
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描述

  • DE SAINT-PHALLE Niki
  • Oiseau (Last night I had a dream)
  • signed on the reverse
  • painted resin
  • 82,5 x 156 x 18,5 cm; 32 1/2 x 61 7/16 x 7 5/16 in.
  • Executed in 1968-1972.

來源

Collection Gimpel Fils, London
Collection Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York
Private Collection, Florida
Sale: Sotheby's New York, Contemporary Curated, 10 June 2015, lot 48
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

展覽

London, Gimpel Fils, Niki de Saint Phalle: The Devouring Mothers, December 1972 - January 1973; catalogue, no. 7
New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: The Devouring Mothers, April - May 1973
New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: Sculptures and Graphics, November 1977 - January 1978

出版

Sylvio Acatos, Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue Raisonné: 1949-2000, Vol. I, Lausanne, 2001, p. 239, no. 518, illustrated in colour

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. The surface is slightly dirty along the upper edge. Upon close inspection scratches are visible as well as cracks on the right foot of the sculpture. Under close inspection a loss of media has been painted over. On the reverse one original fixation is missing.
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