ID 1436455
Lot 1 | Pol Bury (1922-2005)
Estimate value
€ 10 000 – 15 000
Entité érectile
signé, titré et daté 'POL BURY "ENTITÉ ERECTILE" 3-62' (au dos)
métal et cordes de piano sur panneau peint et moteur électrique
28.5 x 28.3 x 28.7 cm.
Réalisé en 1962.
signed, titled and dated 'POL BURY "ENTITÉ ERECTILE" 3-62' (on the reverse)
metal and piano strings on painted panel and electric motor
11 ¼ x 11 1/8 x 11 ¼ in.
Executed in 1962.
Provenance
Galerie Iris Clert, Paris
Collection Simon Watson Taylor, Londres
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres, 25 mars 1993, lot 305
Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Collection Helga et Edzard Reuter, Stuttgart (acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1994)
Literature
E. Ionesco et A. Balthazar, Pol Bury, Bruxelles, 1976 (illustré en couleurs p. 154).
P. Depaepe, Le Mouvement Réel chez Pol Bury de 1953 à 1977, Liège, 1985 (illustré p. 28).
R. E. Pahlke. Pol Bury, Catalogue Raisonné, Gand, 1994, p. 140, No. 62-13.
British Movietone, Vidéo de l'exposition "Structures, Vivantes-Mobiles, Images", 1964, Londres, Redfern Gallery, juillet 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTo4Kzh9wjI, seconde 53).
G. Marquenie, ''Entité érectile rouge, mars 1962 (R164)'', Pol Bury Online Catalogue Raisonné, 2025, No. R164 (catalogue.polbury.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=R164).
Exhibited
Oxford, The Ashmolean Museum, Soundings One, janvier-février 1964, p. 5, No. 108/109.
Londres, Redfern Gallery, Structures, Vivantes-Mobiles, Images, mars 1964, No. 13/14.
Edimbourg, Royal Scottish Academy (février); Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum (mars), Art and Mouvement, An International Exhibition, 1965, No. 15.
Milan, Galleria Christian Stein, ZERO avantgarde 1965-2013, octobre 2013-janvier 2014 (illustré en couleurs au catalogue d'exposition p. 118).
Further details
Cette œuvre est répertoriée dans le catalogue raisonné en ligne de l'artiste sous le No. R164. Nous remercions Gilles Marquenie pour les informations qu'il nous a communiquées au sujet de cette œuvre.
Artist: | Pol Bury (1922 - 2005) |
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Applied technique: | Mixed media |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
Artist: | Pol Bury (1922 - 2005) |
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Applied technique: | Mixed media |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Post War Art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, 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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