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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 17, 2011 | Christie's | London | Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction | 211 | $****** - ****** | Cathédrale (Tour de Babel/La Tour) | |||
Apr 4, 1993 | Versailles Encheres | Versailles | Abstract & Contemporary Modern Art & Sculpture | 46 | $****** - ****** | Cathédrale (Tour de Babel/La Tour) | |||
Oct 22, 1989 | Versailles Encheres | Versailles | Important Contemporary & Abstract Art & Sculpture | 58 | $****** - ****** | Cathédrale (Tour de Babel/La Tour) |
sculpture
195.3 x 129.5 x 42 cm (76.89 x 50.98 x 16.54 in)
oil, silver spray paint, found objects and mixed media on canvas over wire armature mounted on board
signed, titled and dated 'LA TOUR DE BABEL Niki de Saint Phalle 1962' (on the reverse)
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris. Galerie Mostini, Paris.
Anon. sale, Perrin- Royère- Lajeunesse Versailles, 4 April 1993, lot 46.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
M. Clio, 'Writings on the Wall', in Art International, no. 4, 1988, pp. 63-66 (illustrated, p. 63). Acatos (ed.), Niki de Saint Phalle, Catalogue raisonné 1949- 2000, vol. I, Lausanne 2001, no. 331 (illustrated in colour, p. 157).
