Index of artists

Lots by the artist  Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005) at auction

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Patinated bronze sculpture, numbered 3/50

cm. 23x22x22

1999

Pensée "homme poisson"

SOLD

Lot: 203

72nd Auction: Art from '800-'900, Modern and Contemporary Art, National and International

3rd Session: Modern and Contemporary Art, National and Intenational

Framed

Certificate of authenticity by Folon Foundation

Weight of the work: 1,560 Kg. Provenance: Saint-Paul de Vence,Galerie Guy Pieters; Literature: "Una collezione di piccole sculture del secondo novecento"-Castello Scaligero-Malcesine,2005,p. 37. A highly representative sculpture by Folon, whose works have quadrupled in price internationally in the last three years, reaching high prices. Many museums have dedicated exhibitions to him, including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1971, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 1976, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1977, the Musée Picasso in Antibes in 1984, the Museo Correr in Venice in 1986, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires in 1987, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1990, La Pedrera in Barcelona in 1993, Bunkamura in Tokyo in 1995, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in 1996, and the Museo Morandi in Bologna in 1996–97.

Signature, edition and punching on the base

Starting price: 3.500 €  + buyer's premium  25%

plus shipment costs

Hammer price: 4.200 €  + buyer's premium  25%

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