Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
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Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)

La déesse de la lumière (avec Nana)

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Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
La déesse de la lumière (avec Nana)
signed and numbered 'Niki 2/8' (on the base)
polyester resin with acrylic, feathers, lightbulbs and plastic thread on iron base
66 7/8 x 34¾in. (170 x 88cm.)
Executed in 1981, this work is number two from an edition of eight plus four artist proofs
Provenance
Private Collection, Mallorca.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 26 May 2005, lot 277.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1980-81 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 94).
My Skinnys, exh. cat., New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Ltd., 1982, no. 5 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
Niki de Saint Phalle: Bilder, Figuren, Phantastische Garten, exh. cat., Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 1987, no. 32 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 114).
Niki de Saint Phalle, exh. cat., Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1992 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 248).
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