Jean tinguely

Jean Tinguely. Meta-Mécanique. 1954. Wire, metal, and winch handle. 24 x 15 3/8 x 11 3/4" (61 x 39 x 29.8 cm). The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation. 1077.1983. © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Painting & Sculpture

the artist (from 1961; sold to Renard); Micheline and Claude Renard, Paris (until 2006; sale, Christie's, London, February 8, 2006, no. 44, for £198,400 to Mitchell-Innes and Nash); [Mitchell-Innes and Nash, New York, 2006; sold to MMA]

Focused on futuristic sound and movement that brought everyday objects to life, the Swiss artist was one of the most original figures of the 20th century.

KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland - 30 August 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He grew up in Basel and belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in 1950s and 60s. He signed the manifest of the New Realism movement (Nouveau réalisme) in 1960. His self-destroying Homage to New York (1960) failed to self-destruct at the Museum of…

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Jean Tinguely - Relief Blanc sur Blanc, 1956