Sale: 548 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 08. 2023 in Munich Lot 139


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Niki de Saint Phalle
Assemblage No. 6, 1961.
Assemblage on a blue panel
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050
Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 20,383

(incl. surcharge)
Assemblage No. 6. 1961.
Assemblage on a blue panel.
Lower right signed and dated. 25.5 x 32 x 3.5 cm (10 x 12.5 x 1.3 in). [AW].

• One of the early major works from the key phase in which Saint Phalle joined the "Nouveau Réalisme" movement.
• 2023 part of the comprehensive exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. Main, in cooperation with the Kunsthaus Zürich and until 2024 part of an exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
• Works by the artist can be found in renowned international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Tate Gallery, London, and the Pinault Collection, Paris
.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Hanschin, Basel.
Collection of Dagny and Jan Runnqvist, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva.
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford.

EXHIBITION: Niki de Saint Phalle. En joue! Assemblagen und Schießbilder 1958-1964, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte / Kestner Pro Arte, Hanover, February 1 - April 21, 2014.
ZERO und Nouveau Réalisme. Die Befragung der Wirklichkeit, Foundation Ahlers Pro Arte, Hanover, February 26 - June 26, 2016, p. 83 (fig.).
Nouveaux Réalistes, Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna di Ascona, May 25 - September 3, 2017, p. 43 (color illu.).
Niki de Saint Phalle, Kunsthaus Zürich, September 2, 2022 - January 15, 2023; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. Main, February 3 - May 21, 2023, p. 43 (color illu.).
Herausragend! Das Relief von Rodin bis Taeuber-Arp, Hamburger Kunsthalle, October 13, 2012 - February 25, 2024.

LITERATURE: Christie's, Paris, 3564th auction, Art Contemporain, December 5, 2013, lot 217.




139
Niki de Saint Phalle
Assemblage No. 6, 1961.
Assemblage on a blue panel
Estimate:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,050
Sold:
€ 19,050 / $ 20,383

(incl. surcharge)