Lot 115
  • 115

Jean Tinguely

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Tinguely
  • Sans titre
  • fer, éléments en fer forgé, moteur électrique, peints en noir

  • 65 x 62 x 33 cm; 25 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 13 in.
  • Exécuté en 1983.

Provenance

Louise Kassis, Bagnolet (France)
Vente: Perrin-Royère-Lajeunesse, Versailles, 27 juin 1993, lot 85
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Autour de la Fontaine Stravinsky de Jean Tinguely et Niki de Saint-Phalle, 1983

Literature

Christina Bischofberger, Jean Tinguely, Catalogue Raisonné Sculptures  and reliefs, 1969-1985, Zurich, 1990, no. 621, illustré p. 171

Condition

There are some remnants of old tape which used to hold the electrical cables. There are some surface dirt and some rust, especially on the vertical element. Otherwise this work is in good condition.
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Catalogue Note

iron, wrought iron elements, electric motor, painted black. Executed in 1983.