Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)

La Brésilienne

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Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)
La Brésilienne
iron, metal, rubber, motor and painted wood base
overall, stationary: 55 x 22 x 15 in. (139.7 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm.)
overall, in motion: 70 x 31 1/2 x 15 in. (177.8 x 80 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 1980.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner, 1981

Literature

C. Bischofberger, Jean Tinguely: Catalogue Raisonné, Sculptures and Reliefs 1969-1985, Zurich, 1982, p. 120, no. 564 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Gordes, Abbaye de Sénanque, Tinguely, July-August 1981, no. 13.

Sale Room Notice

Please note the additional literature reference:
C. Bischofberger, Jean Tinguely: Catalogue Raisonné, Sculptures and Reliefs 1969-1985, Zurich, 1982, p. 120, no. 564 (illustrated).

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“Tinguely’s machine art [ ... is] the merging of two things: […] the unconventional procedures Tinguely shared with the Abstract Expressionists and the everyday materials and subversive attitude that linked him to the Dadaist tradition [... and] the breaking away from these traditions to make something absolutely positive, using a medium that was close to the pulse of contemporary civilization.” (H. E. Violand-Hobi, Jean Tinguely: Life and Work, New York, 1995, p. 44)

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