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He boasted about himself in the third person. He sneered at the opponents he had vanquished. He...
Gottfried Böhm: Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom, Velbert, Germany
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He boasted about himself in the third person. He sneered at the opponents he had vanquished. He...
Gottfried Böhm: Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom, Velbert, Germany
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Dora Maar en forme d’oiseau, 1941. Graphite on paper, 31.2 x 23.8 cm.
Philadelphia, PA. New Year’s Eve 2018.
Irving Penn: Poppy, showgirl. London, 1968
Niki de Saint Phalle in Paris in 1965.Photo Jill Krementz
Niki de Saint Phalle, House, 1972
Niki de Saint Phalle at work in her studio
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Niki de Saint Phalle and Larry Rivers
Clarice Rivers
1964In the 1960s, the Franco-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle had a close relationship with the painter Larry Rivers and his wife Clarice. Her pregnancy inspired Saint Phalle to create her first Nana sculpture, a bulging, voluptuous female body, from papier-mâché and wire netting.
At the time the word “nana” was French slang for a broad or chick, and as the artist’s friend Barbara Rose would write, “the metaphor was obvious but timely: women were perceived as brainless sex objects, child-bearing machines.”
The nanas would become Saint Phalle’s trademark, expanding into public sculpture and reappearing in her drawings and illustrations. Picture above is Clarice Rivers (1964), a collage Saint Phalle made with Larry Rivers, who drew Clarice’s face.
Tomorrow we premiere a new musical film based on Saint Phalle’s drawings.
Kelly watch the stars
