Simone Fattal
Tree
Lot closes
June 7, 03:17:30 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Starting Bid
10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Simone Fattal
b. 1942
Tree
Executed in 2024.
Glazed ceramic
8 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (22.5 × 19 × 13 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist, Greene Naftali, New York and kaufmann repetto, Milan/New York
Celebrated for her poetic approach to sculpture and painting, Simone Fattal (b. 1942, Damascus, Syria; lives in Paris, France) draws from various historical and literary sources to craft contemplative works on time and existence. As with this work, Fattal frequently returns to the tree as a motif, harnessing the form’s expressive energy through hand-molded knobs, cricks, crags, and branches. She has had recent exhibitions at Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain; Musée du Louvre, Paris; Seccession, Vienna; and Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy. Fattal was also featured in the Vatican Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale and the Central Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Her work can be found in various collections around the world, including Centre Pompidou, Paris; mumok, Vienna; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Among Fattal’s accolades are the Berlin Grand Art Prize and Julio González International Prize.