Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)

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Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)
Maschinenbild Haus Lange
wood, five rectangular metal elements, wood pulleys, rubber belts, metal fixtures and 220v electric motor
25 5/8 x 25 5/8 x 8¼in. (65 x 65 x 21cm.)
Executed in 1960, this work is number six from an edition of sixteen

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich.
Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in September 1986.

Specialist note

The Museum Haus Lange, who held a Tinguely exhibition in 1960, asked the artist to design a relief which could be made by the buyer of the catalogue supplement that was sold during the show. The supplement consisited of a plan and a certificate which were numbered and signed by the artist. Fifty supplements were printed, thirty of which were sold and twenty were kept by the museum. From those that were sold, only sixteen were built, and were done so under the supervision of Tinguely and Alfred Otto Müller in Cologne.