"Nana de Berlin"
Niki de Saint Phalle (Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930 - San Diego 2002)
Lot-No. 192
Proceeds : 24.800 €
1973, polyester, painted, sign. "Niki de Saint Phalle", on the bottom num. 66, red lacquer seal. H. 27 cm, w. 34 cm, d. 26 cm. - Prov.: Estate of Hilde von Lang, managing director and publisher of the German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit", partner in life of Gerd Bucerius, founder of "Die Zeit" and patron of the arts. - French-swiss paintress, graphic artist a. sculptor, world famous by her colourful a. opulent female figures, the so called Nanas, born near Paris, raised in New York, travfelled 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. strenght.
Niki de Saint Phalle: "Nana de Berlin"
Niki de Saint Phalle (Neuilly-sur-Seine 1930 - San Diego 2002)
"Nana de Berlin"
Lot-No. 192
Proceeds : 24.800 €
1973, polyester, painted, sign. "Niki de Saint Phalle", on the bottom num. 66, red lacquer seal. H. 27 cm, w. 34 cm, d. 26 cm. - Prov.: Estate of Hilde von Lang, managing director and publisher of the German weekly newspaper "Die Zeit", partner in life of Gerd Bucerius, founder of "Die Zeit" and patron of the arts. - French-swiss paintress, graphic artist a. sculptor, world famous by her colourful a. opulent female figures, the so called Nanas, born near Paris, raised in New York, travfelled 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. strenght.