La Baigneuse ou Nana de Berlin
Niki de Saint Phalle (Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930 - San Diego 2002)
Lot-No. 474
Proceeds : 15.100 €
Domolith-Kunstwerkstätten Kevelaer. 1973. Polyester, painted in brown, white, red and green. 26 x 34 x 28 cm. Signature stamp Niki de Saint Phalle on the side, incised on the underside num. Ex. 107 (from an edition of 500), Edition Zeit-Magazin Hamburg and Propyläen Refaktur, Berlin (with red wax seal). - French-swiss paintress, graphic artist a. sculptor, world famous by her colourful a. opulent female figures, the so called Nanas. S. P. was born near Paris, raised in New York, travelled widely a. worked among others in Switzerland, France, Israel, Italy a. California. In 1955 she met the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely who inspired her to her so called 'shooting paintings’. Since 1962 she began to reflect on the role of women a. created her first Nana figures, initially from wire a. fabric a. exhibited them in Paris in 1964. In 1966 she realized her first large scale project in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Later the Nanas, made in a great variety of size a. shape, became symbols of female self-confidence a. strength.
Niki de Saint Phalle: La Baigneuse ou Nana de Berlin
Niki de Saint Phalle (Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930 - San Diego 2002)
La Baigneuse ou Nana de Berlin
Lot-No. 474
Proceeds : 15.100 €
Domolith-Kunstwerkstätten Kevelaer. 1973. Polyester, painted in brown, white, red and green. 26 x 34 x 28 cm. Signature stamp Niki de Saint Phalle on the side, incised on the underside num. Ex. 107 (from an edition of 500), Edition Zeit-Magazin Hamburg and Propyläen Refaktur, Berlin (with red wax seal). - French-swiss paintress, graphic artist a. sculptor, world famous by her colourful a. opulent female figures, the so called Nanas. S. P. was born near Paris, raised in New York, travelled widely a. worked among others in Switzerland, France, Israel, Italy a. California. In 1955 she met the Swiss artist Jean Tinguely who inspired her to her so called 'shooting paintings’. Since 1962 she began to reflect on the role of women a. created her first Nana figures, initially from wire a. fabric a. exhibited them in Paris in 1964. In 1966 she realized her first large scale project in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Later the Nanas, made in a great variety of size a. shape, became symbols of female self-confidence a. strength.
