Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculptures, Lot 1-137
Monday, 27 November 2023, 06:00 pm
Lot 106
Jean Tinguely, 1925-1991 (CH)
Maschinenbild Haus Lange und Bauanleitung (Blueprint), Blueprint 1960
Kinetic relief. Wooden board and metal elements, painted. Verso: Wooden wheels, elastic bands, metall fixtures, electric motor 220V.
H 650 mm W 650 mm.
Edition of the blueprint: 50 copies.
Verso with typographically imprinted text: "Maschinenbild Haus Lange. Konstruiert von Jean Tinguely. Edition 2004. 2004 in den Werkstätten des Museums Tinguely durch Seppi Imhof, Basel, entsprechend dem originalen Multiple-Bauplan von 1960 als einmalige Kleinserie von fünf Exemplaren angefertigt. Mit der Nummerierung 1/5 bis 5/5. Die Exemplare 1/5 und 5/5 befinden sich im Besitz des Museum Tinguely, Basel. Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer 3/5."
Verso on label typographically numbered and dated: 3/5, Dec 2004.
| * | CHF | 30'000 / 50'000 |
| * | EUR | 30'000 / 51'000 |
| * | USD | 33'000 / 55'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 32'000
Provenance:
Swiss Property.
Exhibition:
Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, September - October 1960.
Literature:
Christina Bischofberger. Tinguely. Catalogue raisonné Skulpturen und Reliefs, 1954 - 1968. Küsnacht/Zürich/New York 1982, No. 207, illustration;
Exhibition catalogue. Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld. Krefeld 1960, No. 20;
U. Linde. Jean Tinguely. Stockholm 1966, No. 3, illustration.
In 1960, as part of a solo exhibition at Haus Lange in Krefeld, Jean Tinguely was commissioned by the museum to design a relief. Of the 50 copies of the blueprint, 20 versions were retained by the museum and 30 copies were sold. (2).