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Jean Tinguely Art

Swiss, 1925-1991
Jean Tinguely (1925 – 1991) was a Swiss painter and sculptor, married to Niki de Saint Phalle. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society. Born in Fribourg, Tinguely grew up in Basel, but moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist Eva Aeppli, to pursue a career in art. He belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (Nouveau Realisme) in 1960. His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York (1960), only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art NY, although his later work, Study for an End of the World No. 2 (1962), detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas. Tinguely married fellow Swiss artist Eva Aeppli in 1951. In 1971, Tinguely married his second wife, Niki de Saint Phalle with whom he collaborated on several artistic projects such as the Hon – En Katedral or Le Cyclop.
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Artist: Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely -- Fontaine Joe Syffert from Eight by Eight, 1984
By Jean Tinguely
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Jean Tinguely Fontaine Joe Syffert (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio), 1984 Screenprint in colors on Technosil Eidition 210/ 300 lower left ...
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1980s Jean Tinguely Art

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Essellier
By Jean Tinguely
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 36/190 50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.59 in. (paper) 41.00 cm. x 51.00 cm. 16.14 in. x 20.08 in. (image) Th...
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1970s Abstract Jean Tinguely Art

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Lithograph

Hommage to Shimizu
By Jean Tinguely
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1981 Signed in the plate at the bottom right 45.00 cm. x 55.00 cm. 17.72 in. x 21.65 in. (paper) 25.00 cm. x 30.00 cm. 9.84 in. x 11.81 in. (image) LCD5078
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1980s Abstract Jean Tinguely Art

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Lithograph

Fontaine Jo Syffert, Abstract black colorful print
By Jean Tinguely
Located in Palm Desert, CA
185/300 Born in Fribourg, Tinguely grew up in Basel, but moved to France in 1952 with his first wife, Swiss artist Eva Aeppli,[1] to pursue a career in art. He belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (Nouveau r̩alisme) in 1960. His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York (1960), only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City,[2] although his later work, Study for an End of the World No. 2 (1962), detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas. Tinguely married fellow Swiss artist Eva Aeppli in 1951. In 1971, Tinguely married his second wife, Niki de Saint Phalle with whom he collaborated on several artistic projects such as the Hon-en-Katedrall[3] or The Cyclop.[4] Jean Tinguely died in 1991 at the age of 66 years...
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UNTITLED
By Jean Tinguely
Located in New York, NY
felt tip pen on paper.
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Chaos Sculpture Offset Lithograph Collage Poster 1960 Iolas Gallery
By Jean Tinguely
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This is a framed collaged poster, there is a flower element (made from a feather?) in original period frame. minor wear to frame. minor toning to paper....
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20th Century Surrealist Jean Tinguely Art

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