ID 1426027
Lot 363 | NICOLAS SCHOFFER (1912-1992)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Relief Spatiodynamique
signed, dated and titled 'SCHÖFFER 1951 RELIEF SPATIODYNAMIQUE' (on the reverse)
aluminum and plastic assemblage
23 1/8 x 14 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (58.7 x 36.5 x 9.8 cm.)
Executed in 1951
Provenance
Nelly van Doesburg, Meudon.
Nannette and Herbert Rothschild, New York and Ossining, 1955.
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Literature
G.H. Marcus, ed., Encounters with Modern Art, The Reminiscences of Nanette F. Rothschild, Works from the Rothschild Family Collections, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1996, pp. 73 and 33 (illustrated, fig. 50).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Colette Allendy, 1953.
Providence, Annmary Brown Memorial, Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Herbert and Nannette Rothschild Collection, October-November 1966, no. 137 (illustrated).
Jersey City, Art Museum, Saint Peter's College, summer 1972.
| Artist: | Nicolas Schöffer (1912 - 1992) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Hungary, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Nicolas Schöffer (1912 - 1992) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Hungary, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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