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Coeur de Lion
Details
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
Coeur de Lion
signed and dated 'Niki de Saint Phalle Dec. 63' (on the reverse)
painted papier mâché construction with painted plastic, wire, rope, plastic figurines, and paper mounted on painted panel
22¾ x 27½ x 7½ in. (57.7 x 69.8 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Coeur de Lion
signed and dated 'Niki de Saint Phalle Dec. 63' (on the reverse)
painted papier mâché construction with painted plastic, wire, rope, plastic figurines, and paper mounted on painted panel
22¾ x 27½ x 7½ in. (57.7 x 69.8 x 19 cm.)
Executed in 1963.
Provenance
Private collection, acquired from the artist
Private collection, by descent from the above
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
Private collection, by descent from the above
Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1990
Literature
J. Parente, Niki de Saint Phalle: Catalogue Raisonné, 1949-2000, Volume I, Lausanne, 2001, p. 175, no. 373 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, Niki de Saint Phalle, April-May 1965.
Künzelsau, Kunsthalle Würth, Niki de Saint Phalle: spiel mit mir, April-October 2011, p.93 (illustrated).
Künzelsau, Kunsthalle Würth, Niki de Saint Phalle: spiel mit mir, April-October 2011, p.93 (illustrated).