BEN VAUTIER - AIL AIL AIL - 1980 - MIXED TECHNIQUE/ASSEMBLY - SIGNED
In bed with Madame Aile, 1980
Acrylic on wooden drawer with bunch of garlic
Signed and dated lower right "Ben, 1980"
We are attaching a beret made by Ben.
Size: 82.0 x 63.0 x 11.0 cm
Provenance: Sale, Zurich, Schneider-Auktion, Zurich, 1989
Private collection, Switzerland
Sale, Basel, Beurret & Bailly Auctions, June 20, 2015, lot 321
Private collection, Switzerland
By successive transfers to the current owner
A certificate from the artist will be given to the purchaser.
Dimensions :
- Height : 82 cm
- Width : 63 cm
Ben :
(1935-) pseudonym for Benjamin Vautier, is a french artist of swiss origins who was born in Napoli, in Italy.
He is publicly renowned since the end of the 1960's for his range of "writings" on different mediums and of different shapes. He was part of the post-moderne avant-garde, and is one of the main founders of the Fluxus group. He is famous for his performances, installations and writings.
