Tinguely, eventuell einige Alte & oder Neue Maschinen-(Plastiken)

1969

Jean Tinguely

Associated Names
Jean Tinguely

Artist, Swiss, 1925 - 1991

Galerie Gimpel & Hanover

Publisher

The image features bold lines and circular forms creating a dynamic composition. Some shapes resemble parts of machinery like gears or pulleys, with arrows indicating movement. There are repeated circular forms reminiscent of wheels or rotating elements. The arrangement suggests mechanisms or inventions found in a workshop, emphasized by labels and notations for a technical, schematic appearance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    offset lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 84.14 × 58.9 cm (33 1/8 × 23 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3437

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Siben 2005, no. 59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2005

  • Siben, Isabel. Niki de Saint Phalle & Jean Tinguely – Posters. Prestel: New York, 2005, p. 85, no. 59.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 11/100 Jean Tinguely; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: OR.160.74

Wikidata ID

Q77010385

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