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Jean Tinguely; Niki de Saint Phalle


Dino?

3 overlayed sheets, on each one a drawing or part of a drawing (Monster?)
c. 1968

Material / technique: Blue ballpoint pen, black felt-tip pen, stamps on tracing paper – three sheets glued together at the left
Size: 29.6 x 42 cm
Inv.Number: 3866
Creditline: Museum Tinguely, Basel

This drawing, created by overlaying three semi-transparent pages, is in part a collaboration between Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle. She introduced the dragon motif and would later create dragon sculptures with Tinguely’s assistance.

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Collection of Museum Tinguely

Works and work groups belonging to all phases of Jean Tinguely’s career are to be found in the museum's collection. Along with selected temporary loans, they afford the visitor an extensive view of the artist’s career. Apart from sculptures, the collection furthermore comprises a large number of drawings and letter-drawings, documents, exhibition posters, catalogues and documentation such as photographs. In the measure of the possible all the exhibits are accessible to the public and regularly shown, be it in the permanent collection or as loans to exhibitions worldwide.

The museum’s collections are the result of a generous donation by the artist’s widow, Niki de Saint Phalle, made on the occasion of its foundation, a donation of works from the Roche collection, as well as several other gifts and acquisitions.

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