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Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)
Untitled
iron, bicycle bell and electric motor 110V
17 1/8 x 6 ¼ x 7 7/8in. (45 x 16 x 20cm.)
Executed in 1963
Untitled
iron, bicycle bell and electric motor 110V
17 1/8 x 6 ¼ x 7 7/8in. (45 x 16 x 20cm.)
Executed in 1963
Provenance
Private Collection, Tokyo (acquired directly from the artist).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Bischofberger (ed.), Jean Tinguely, Catalogue raisonné: Sculptures and Reliefs 1954-1968, Werkkatalog: Skulpturen und Reliefs 1954-1968, Zurich 1982, no. 286 (illustrated, p. 202).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Minami Gallery, Jean Tinguely, Hommage aux bambous, 1963.
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