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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated '18/5/92'.
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Fontaine aux quatre Nanas
Details
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
Fontaine aux quatre Nanas
painted polyester with a metal base and accompanying pump and tubing
88in. (223.5cm.) diameter
Executed in 1990, this work is artist proof one from an edition of three plus two artist proofs
Fontaine aux quatre Nanas
painted polyester with a metal base and accompanying pump and tubing
88in. (223.5cm.) diameter
Executed in 1990, this work is artist proof one from an edition of three plus two artist proofs
Provenance
Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1992.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1992.
Literature
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Bonn, Museumsmeile, 1992 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 245).
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1995 (another from the edition illustrated).
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Santiago, Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, 1997 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 18).
Niki de Saint Phalle - La Donation, exh. cat., Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, Nice, 2002 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 239).
Niki in the Garden, exh. cat., Atlanta, Botanical Garden, 2006 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72).
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, 1995 (another from the edition illustrated).
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Santiago, Sala de Exposiciones Edificio CTC, 1997 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 18).
Niki de Saint Phalle - La Donation, exh. cat., Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain, Nice, 2002 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 239).
Niki in the Garden, exh. cat., Atlanta, Botanical Garden, 2006 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 72).
Special notice
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