Niki de Saint Phalle
Thoëris - Hippo lampe
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 - 2002
Thoëris - Hippo lampe
stamped with the signature and numbered 8/8 (on a plate affixed to the left foot); stamped with the editor's stamp (on the left foot)
acrylic and gold leaf on polyester resin, bulbs and electrical system on metal base
sculpture: 90 by 31 by 37 cm. 35⅜ by 12¼ by 14⅝ in.
base: 12.1 by 30 by 70.1 cm. 4¾ by 11¾ by 27⅝ in.
Executed in 1990. This work is number 8 from an edition of 8 plus 4 artist's proofs.
JGM Galerie, Paris
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Glasgow, McLellan Galleries and Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Niki de Saint Phalle, June 1992 - September 1993, p. 270, illustrated in colour (another example exhibited) (incorrectly titled Blue Goddess)
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