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François Morellet (French, 1926-2016) Sphère-trames, 1962 image 1
François Morellet (French, 1926-2016) Sphère-trames, 1962 image 2
Lot 29W

François Morellet
(French, 1926-2016)
Sphère-trames, 1962

13 November 2019, 17:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$42,575 inc. premium

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François Morellet (French, 1926-2016)

Sphère-trames, 1962

stainless steel

23 3/5 x 23 3/5 x 23 3/5 in.
60 x 60 x 60 cm.

This work was executed in 1962, was published by Galerie Denise René, Paris, and is from an edition of fifty of which only fifteen examples were realized.

Footnotes

This work is registered in the Archive Morellet under number 62001E, and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by Danielle Morellet.

Provenance
Private Collection, Chicago
Private Collection, Chicago (by descent from the above)
Sale: Wright, Chicago, Important Design Including Post-War + Contemporary Art, 5 June 2019, Lot 163
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Morellet, 1967, p. 23, no. 6, another example illustrated in black and white
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, François Morellet, rétrospective, 4 March-11 May 1986, p. 85, another example illustrated in color (this exhibition later traveled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1 June-20 July 1986)
Chambéry, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry, François Morellet et ses amis, 3 December 2016-2 April 2017, p. 28, another example illustrated in color

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