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MARCEL BROODTHAERS (1924-1976)
Une Figure Lunaire (A Moon Figure)
signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and dated 'K MB 24-5-65' (on the reverse)
found plastic elements, paint and mixed media in plastic dish
5 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (13.8 x 13.8 x 11cm.)
Executed in 1964
Provenance
Théodore Koenig, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist).
Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris (acquired from the above in 1980).
Diego Cortez Arte Ltd., New York (acquired from the above in 1987).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991.
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Saint Laurent, Moi aussi, je me suis demandé si je ne pouvais pas vendre quelque
chose et réussir dans la vie..., 1964.
London, The Tate Gallery, Marcel Broodthaers 1980, p. 52, no. 4.
Cologne, Museum Ludwig Köln, Marcel Broodthaers 1980, p. 34, no. 6.
Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, 1982-1983, p. 55, no. 4 (illustrated in colour, p. 43).
Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Marcel Broodthaers 1987, p. 40, no. 4. This exhibition later travelled to Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot; Brussels Galerie Christine et Isy Brachot.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Marcel Broodthaers 1989. This exhibition later travelled to Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute.
Basel, Galerie Isy Brachot, Marcel Broodthaers Oeuvres 1963-1975, 1990, p. 198, n. 68 (illustrated in colour and incorrectly dated, p. 68.)
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