Phalle, Niki de Saint. Signed Inflatable "Nana" Sculpture
New York: Niki de Saint Phalle, 1968. Screen-print on pink inflatable plastic, signed by Phalle in ink on verso. Manufactured by Marlo Plastics, Brooklyn, New York. With the original printed packaging card for the sculpture ("distributed by Elisabeth de Saint Phalle Ltd..."): "My Name is Nana I am an Inflatable Sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle". Uninflated; light wear to rector and verso. Approximately 20 x 17 in. (508 x 432 mm).
From the original 1968 edition, Niki de Saint Phalle's inflatable sculpture of her vibrant and voluminous Nana character. Saint Phalle created the first of her many Nanas in 1964, inspired by a visit from Clarice Rivers, wife of American artist Larry Rivers, and named after the French term for a mildly rude young girl or woman.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
