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Pouf Serpent Bleu
Details
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
Pouf Serpent Bleu
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Niki E.E. Plastiques d'Art R. Haligon' (to the lower edge)
painted polyester
70 x 29 x 34 5/8in. (177.8 x 73.7 x 88cm.)
Executed in 1991, this work is the EE from an edition of twenty plus five artist's proofs, one HC and one EE
Pouf Serpent Bleu
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Niki E.E. Plastiques d'Art R. Haligon' (to the lower edge)
painted polyester
70 x 29 x 34 5/8in. (177.8 x 73.7 x 88cm.)
Executed in 1991, this work is the EE from an edition of twenty plus five artist's proofs, one HC and one EE
Provenance
Private Collection, California.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 21 October 2008, lot 240.
Private Collection, London.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 21 October 2008, lot 240.
Private Collection, London.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Knokke-le-Zoute, Guy Pieters Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle: Oeuvres récentes, 1991 (another from the edition exhibited).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Niki de Saint Phalle/Pontus Hultén, 1992-1993 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Glasgow, McLellan Galleries and Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Basel, Galerie Bonnier, Niki de Saint Phalle, A One-Woman Show, 1993 (another from the edition exhibited).
Atlanta, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Niki in the Garden: The Extraordinary Sculptures of Niki de Saint Phalle, 2006 (another from the edition exhibited).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Niki de Saint Phalle/Pontus Hultén, 1992-1993 (another from the edition exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Glasgow, McLellan Galleries and Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Basel, Galerie Bonnier, Niki de Saint Phalle, A One-Woman Show, 1993 (another from the edition exhibited).
Atlanta, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Niki in the Garden: The Extraordinary Sculptures of Niki de Saint Phalle, 2006 (another from the edition exhibited).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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