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Le Secret (The Secret)
Details
JEAN-MICHEL FOLON (1934-2005)
Le Secret (The Secret)
incised 'FOLON' (lower right); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '6⁄8 Bronze Romain Barelier' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze
59 7⁄8 x 30 7⁄8 x 30 7⁄8 in. (152 x 78.3 x 78.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number six from an edition of eight.
Le Secret (The Secret)
incised 'FOLON' (lower right); numbered and stamped with the foundry mark '6⁄8 Bronze Romain Barelier' (on the reverse of the base)
bronze
59 7⁄8 x 30 7⁄8 x 30 7⁄8 in. (152 x 78.3 x 78.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number six from an edition of eight.
Provenance
with Galerie Guy Pieters, Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in July 2001.
Acquired from the above for the present collection in July 2001.
Literature
Folon: La mia Firenze, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Forte di Belvedere and Sala d'Arme di Palazzo Vecchio, 2005, p. 86 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 87).
G. Gilsoul, Folon: Sculptures, Ghent 2008 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 156 and 159; studio view illustrated, p. 157; detail illustrated in colour, p. 158).
S. Angelroth and I. Douillet-de Pange (eds.), Folon: The Sculptures, 2020, p. 118 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 119-121).
G. Gilsoul, Folon: Sculptures, Ghent 2008 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 156 and 159; studio view illustrated, p. 157; detail illustrated in colour, p. 158).
S. Angelroth and I. Douillet-de Pange (eds.), Folon: The Sculptures, 2020, p. 118 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 119-121).
Exhibited
Villers-la-Ville, Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville, Folon. Sculptures à l'Abbaye, 2020-2021 (another from the edition exhibited).
Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Folon. L'etica della poesia. Tra impegno civile, denuncia e speranza nell'uomo, 2022 (another from the edition exhibited).
Arc-et-Senans, Saline Royale d'Arc-et-Senans, Le Monde de Folon, 2023 (another from the edition exhibited).
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Folon: Agency of Imaginary Journeys, 2024-2025 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum and Osaka, Abeno Harukas Art Museum.
Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Folon. L'etica della poesia. Tra impegno civile, denuncia e speranza nell'uomo, 2022 (another from the edition exhibited).
Arc-et-Senans, Saline Royale d'Arc-et-Senans, Le Monde de Folon, 2023 (another from the edition exhibited).
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Folon: Agency of Imaginary Journeys, 2024-2025 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum and Osaka, Abeno Harukas Art Museum.
Further Details
This work is registered in the archive of the Fondation Jean-Michel Folon under no. F207.
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