Riding on the coat-tails of Ursula's message here I wanted to send
thanks to her as well as the others who answered my call! Yes, it is by
Niki de Saint Phalle, and perhaps has the title "Nana". Our customer is
so impressed with this wonderful netowrk of knowledge and help -- as am
I. Thank you again to everyone for your help. Happy holidays!
Heather Brodhead, Librarian
Music & Art Department
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tel 412\622-3105 Fax 412\622-3412
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ursula Kolmstetter <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:33 am
Subject: Re: sculpture in Zurich train station
> Heather,
> It sounds like a Niki de Saint Phalle figure to me. She was
> married to Jean Tinguely, who was Swiss (he died some years ago).
> She is french.
> We had some figures (fat, colorful women and some kind of animals)
> in our store. They looked liked Niki de Saint-Phalle figures, but
> were much smaller (about a foot high)and were not by her,
> therefore of course much more reasonable. I just called the store,
> we don't have them any more, but here is the address where we got
> them from:
> Moms
> 1903 Walnut Street
> P.O.Box 180
> Philadelphia, PA 19103
>
> I hope this helps.
> Happy Holidays
> Ursula Kolmstetter
>
> Ursula Kolmstetter
> Head Librarian, Stout Reference Library
> Indianapolis Museum of Art
> 1200 West 38th Street
> Indianapolis, IN 46208
> USA
> Tel.: 317-920-2662, ext. 225
> Fax: 317-926-8931
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> >>> Heather Brodhead <[log in to unmask]> 12/21/00
> 04:47PM >>>
> Can any of you well-travelled folks help on this? One of our
> customerssaid his girl friend LOVES a sculpture she saw this past
> spring in the
> Zurich train station. It's (to use his words)"sort of papier mache,
> colorful, fat figure on thin legs". Could it be something by Niki de
> Saint-Phalle? In addition to checking a couple of books on her (not
> indexed :-(), we checked travel guides for Zurich, hoping someone
> wouldmention it. No luck. Apparently replicas are available, and
> our chap
> wants to see if he can buy one. (Strangely enough, he said the
> replicasare available in different colors, and a store here in
> Pittsburgh sold
> them but no longer has any. The store manager will order one for
> him if
> he can identify it.) Any help is appreciated!
> -Heather
>
> Heather Brodhead, Librarian
> Music & Art Department
> Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
> 4400 Forbes Avenue
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
> Tel 412\622-3105 Fax 412\622-3412
> email [log in to unmask]
>
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