Lot 213
  • 213

Niki de Saint Phalle

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • L'Ermite
  • stamped Niki and numbered 1/3
  • steel with painted polyester resin and light bulbs
  • 233 by 110 by 85cm.; 91 3/4 by 43 1/8 by 33 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1988, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils; New York, Gimpel Weitzenhoffer, The Wounded Animals, 1988, illustrated in colour
Kent, Canterbury Arts Festival, Nikki de Saint Phalle, 1988
Paris, Galerie de France; JGM. Galerie, 1989, p. 27, illustrated in colour
Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Glasgow, McLellan Galleries; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Niki De Saint Phalle, 1992-1993, p. 263, illustrated in colour
London, Gimpel Fils, 60th Anniversary Exhibition, 2006

Condition

Colours: The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is much brighter and more vibarnt in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few very slight surface imperfections in places throughout.
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