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    Niki de Saint Phalle

    Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930 - 2002 San Diego

    159   

    Shamu - You are my Killer Whale (Remembering)

    Estimate CHF 25'000 *
    Hammer price CHF 22'000
    Information without guarantee
    18.09.2020
    German version below

    1998

    Fiberglass and polyester, painted

    Manufactured at Niki de Saint Phalle's workshop in San Diego, CA

    81,2 cm high, 142,2 cm, long, 15,2 cm deep

    Catalogue Raisonné

    Valérie Villeglé/Janice Parente, Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue raisonné, oeuvres de 1949-2000, vol. I, no. 667, colour ill. - According to the catalogue raisonné published in an edition of 5, each copy painted differently "chaque fois unique"

    Provenance

    Acquisition from the artist 1998

    Private collection Switzerland

    Condition

    Hanging device at the back. Impeccable and colour fresh in preservation

    Comments

    In the last years of her work in California from 1997 onwards, Niki de Saint Phalle created a series of important sculptures in her studio in the hangar of a disused airfield. Some of these were produced in small editions, others in individual pieces only by order. According to the catalogue raisonné, there are 5 copies of the present work, each in a different color scheme


     
     

    Shamu - You are my Killer Whale (Remembering)


    1998

    Glasfaser und Polyester, bemalt

    Hergestellt in der Werkstätte von Niki de Saint Phalle in San Diego

    81,2 cm hoch, 142,2 cm, lang, 15,2 cm tief

    Werkverzeichnis

    Valérie Villeglé/Janice Parente, Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue raisonné, œuvres de 1949-2000, Vol. I, Lausanne 2001, Nr. 667, reprod. in Farben. - Laut Werkverzeichnis ediert in 5 Exemplaren, jedes Exemplar unterschiedlich bemalt "chaque fois unique"

    Provenienz

    Ankauf bei der Künstlerin 1998

    Privatsammlung Schweiz

    Zustand

    Rückseitig mit Hängevorrichtung. Tadellos und farbfrisch in der Erhaltung

    Erläuterungen

    In den letzten Arbeitsjahren in Kalifornien ab 1997 schuf Niki de Saint Phalle in ihrem Atelier in einem Hangar eines stillgelegten Flugplatzes eine Reihe von wichtigen Skulpturen, die teilweise in kleiner Auflage, teilweise in Einzelstücken nur auf Bestellung produziert wurden

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