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Lot 244
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Niki de Saint-Phalle

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Niki de Saint-Phalle
  • Nana on a Dolphin

  • incised with the artist's signature; stamped with the number I/II H.C.

  • painted polyester

  • 33 1/4 by 10 1/2 by 31 in. 84.5 by 26.7 by 78.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is from an edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs, 2 Hors de Commerce and 1 printer's proof.

Provenance

Babette G. Cohen, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery; New York, James Goodman Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux éclatés + sculptures, October - December 1994 (another example exhibited)
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld,  Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen, Gouachen, Serigraphie, Lithographien, September - October 1995 (another example exhibited)
Zürich, Galerie Kornfeld, Niki de Saint Phalle, November - December 1997 (another example exhibited)
Bern, Galerie Kornfeld, Niki de Saint Phalle: Skulpturen Objekte Lithographien Serigraphien, September – December 2001 (another example exhibited)
California Center for the Arts Escondido Museum, Niki de Saint Phalle: California Dreaming, May - December 2004 (another example exhibited)
Saint-Paul de Vence, Galerie Guy Pieters, Niki de Saint-Phalle, July – September 2009 (another example exhibited)
Rome, Fondazione Museo, Niki de Saint Phalle, November 2009 – January 2010 (another example exhibited)
Manderen, Château de Malbrouck, Niki de Saint Phalle, April –  August 2010 (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light handling and wear and a few small and very fine surface abrasions. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work.
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