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Niki de Saint-Phalle
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
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Description
- Niki de Saint-Phalle
- L'Oiseau amoureux
signé et numéroté 1/3 sur une plaque de métal et porte le cachet Haligon à l'arrière du pied droit
- résine peinte
- 160 x 150 x 60 cm; 63 x 59 1/16 x 23 5/8 in.
- Exécutée en 1990, cette oeuvre est le numéro 1 d'une édition de 3 plus une épreuve d'artiste.
Provenance
Galerie Guy Pieters, Gent, Belgique
L.W. Joucken, Holsbeek, Belgique
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel
Exhibited
Exposition itinérante: Niki de Saint Phalle; Mexico City, Museo Rufino Tamayo ; Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas; Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno; Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Casa França-Brasil; São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Santiago de Chile, Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, 1996-1997, catalogue, illustré (autre exemplaire)
Ulm, Museum Ulm, Niki de Saint Phalle: Liebe, Protest, Phantaisie, 1999; catalogue, p.59, illustré en couleurs (autre exemplaire)
Condition
The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is brighter in the original.
Minor losses of paint (less than 5 losses and less than 5mm each) are visible under close inspection.
Minor paint retouchings are visible under very close inspection : one on the verso of the right wing, one on the side of the right wing and one in the blue paint on the recto of the right wing.
This work is in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
signed and numbered 1/3 on a metallic label and bears the stamp Haligon on the back of the right foot; painted resin. Executed in 1990 in an edition of 3 plus one artist's proof.
«Il n'est oiseau qui sût voler
Si haut comme un cœur peut aller»
(Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491-1558), Quatrains, LXXXIV)
«Il n'est oiseau qui sût voler
Si haut comme un cœur peut aller»
(Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491-1558), Quatrains, LXXXIV)