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NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (1930-2002)
L'oiseau Amoureux (The Love Bird)
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Niki de Saint Phalle 03/150' (on a plaque affixed to the reverse)
painted polyester resin
2358 x 1878 x 9in. (60 x 48 x 23cm.)
Executed in 2000, this work is number three from an edition of one hundred and fifty
Provenance
Private Collection.
Anon. Sale, Artcurial Deauville, 23 August 2008, lot 260.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Bielefeld, Samuelis Baugarte Galerie, Niki de Saint Phalle, Eine Retrospective, Gemälde, Skulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier, 2012-2013, p. 35 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 34-35).
Samuelis Baugarte Galerie, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Weltbilder Oder die Ironie der Dinge, 2018, p. 32 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 33).
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