Philippe HIQUILY (1925-2013) Sellette, 1959-2006 Steel with rust patina. Edition of 100, signed and numbered /100 114 x 47 x 44 cm Referenced in the Catalogue Raisonné, Philippe Hiquily, 1948-2011, Volume 2, Loft Éditions, Paris, 2012, under the number 59.Mob.SGR.Ed.AcR.115 This sellette is a piece commissioned by Germaine Richier to Hiquily in 1959 for the exhibition of his plummets at the Creuzevault gallery. The commission of these pedestals, intended to highlight her own sculptures, is above all a way for this established artist to give the young sculptor a chance and to promote his work.

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