NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE French, 1930-2002
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Original Hand Signed, Inscribed and Dedicated Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
65.7 x 49.5 cm. / 25.8 x 19.5 in.
This lithograph in colours is hand signed by the artist in pencil "Niki de Saint Phalle" in the lower left margin.
It is also inscribed in pencil “E.A”, in the lower left margin. It is one of a small number of artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 275.
The work is aslo inscribed “for Ted with love from Niki. Nov. 29 1987”, with a heart drawn after the word love, in the lower right margin.
Provenance: Ted Tourtellotte (1928-2022). Gifted from the artist.Ted was born in Wilburton, Oklahoma in 1928.
He was a close friend of Niki de Saint Phalle. They first met through a mutual friend, Christian DuMonteil. It was upon Niki’s move to La Jolla, California, near the San Diego house that Ted had retired to, that they became almost inseparable until Niki's passing in 2002.
Note: Keith Haring owned another impression of this work that was also dedicated to him by Niki de Saint Phalle in 1988.
Condition: Very good condition.
It is also inscribed in pencil “E.A”, in the lower left margin. It is one of a small number of artist’s proofs aside from the edition of 275.
The work is aslo inscribed “for Ted with love from Niki. Nov. 29 1987”, with a heart drawn after the word love, in the lower right margin.
Provenance: Ted Tourtellotte (1928-2022). Gifted from the artist.Ted was born in Wilburton, Oklahoma in 1928.
He was a close friend of Niki de Saint Phalle. They first met through a mutual friend, Christian DuMonteil. It was upon Niki’s move to La Jolla, California, near the San Diego house that Ted had retired to, that they became almost inseparable until Niki's passing in 2002.
Note: Keith Haring owned another impression of this work that was also dedicated to him by Niki de Saint Phalle in 1988.
Condition: Very good condition.
$ 1,600.00
