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Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) was a citizen of the world: born near Paris, raised in New York, traveled in Europe, and later worked in Switzerland, France, Israel, Italy, and finally California.

She was the only female member of Europe’s New Realist art movement, a contemporary of American Pop Art. She collaborated with avant-garde artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and also with Jean Tinguely, whom she later married.

Buddha info:

Date completed: 2000 Origin: USA Medium: Polyurethane foam, resin, steel armature, and stained and mirrored glass Height: 9.8 ft. Weight: 1,700 lbs. Collection Niki Museum, Nasu, Japan

This piece had not previously been seen in the United States. It was made by Niki as a gift to an art collector in Japan that had purchased many of her sculptures.

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