Niki de Saint Phalle (French, 1930-2002) L'arbre de vie

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Niki de Saint Phalle (French, 1930-2002)

L'arbre de vie, for the project MÉMOIRE DE LA LIBERTÉ , 1991, edition of 75. Stamped "29/75 NIKI DE S. PHALLE" on the side of the base. Mixed media with screenprinted metal and painted resin elements, height 26 3/4 in. (68.0 cm),presented on a black wooden plinth.
Condition: Minute losses to paint on resin elements, minor soiling.

N.B. The Mémoire de la Liberté project included 55 artists from North & South America, Europe, and Asia. Its goal was to educate the world's populations of the existence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The project created awareness on multiple fronts: by the republication of the Declaration on a grand scale so that copies could be distributed to school, colleges, and universities around the globe; through world-wide exhibitions of the works created by a group of artist who are respected on the international stage; and to inspire the artists themselves to dialogues - if not activism - on the subject of liberty.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Dust to interstices. Minor white scuffs on right hand and toes of blue figure. Surface grime u.l. and minor scuffs at b.c. and center of colored side. Skull head lightly worn/scuffed. Minor surface grime at u.r. of black and white side.


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