Niki de Saint Phalle French-American, 1924-2010
Elephant Vase, 1986
Painted polyester resin
30.5 × 51 × 25 cm
Edition of 50, 13/50
With the stamps "Niki de Saint Phalle" and Gérard Haligon, numbered 13/50 under the base
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Niki de Saint Phalle developped her own fantastical and colourful Bestiary all throughout her artistic career : birds, serpents, cats, cows, and even dragons, to name a few. Starting from...
Niki de Saint Phalle developped her own fantastical and colourful Bestiary all throughout her artistic career : birds, serpents, cats, cows, and even dragons, to name a few.
Starting from the 1980s, the artist will reflect on the marriage between ordinary, functional objects and sculpture. Thus are born her sculptures-mobilier, including various vases, all rendered in her characteristic vocabulary of bright motifs.
Provenance
Artist’s studioBonnier Gallery, Geneva (a historic gallery that represented artists such as Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1980s and 1990s. Closed in 2013 following the death of its owners.)
Private collection, USA, acquired from the owner in 1995.
Private collection, France