Lot 133
  • 133

Philippe Hiquily

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Philippe Hiquily
  • Petite saillie dorée
  • signé
  • mobile en laiton

  • 72,5 x 47 x 20,5 cm ; 28 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1970.

Provenance

Galerie Thierry Salvador, Paris
Vente: Briest Scp, Paris, 31 mars 1993, lot 80
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Christofle, La table de Diane, rayonnement surréaliste, 1972; catalogue, n.p., illustré

Literature

François Jonquet, Philippe Hiquily, le métal direct, Paris, 1992, p.89, no.71, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. The copper is beaten and welded. The base is decorated with some ornamental guilloché interlaced pattern. Some scattered minor dots of natural oxidation are visible under close inspection. Some scattered tiny impacts to the copper surface and due to the fact that the sculpture is a mobile are visible under very close inspection. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed; brass mobile. Executed in 1970.