Eva AEPPLI (1925-2015) - Lot 273

Eva AEPPLI (1925-2015) Le Samouraï des Ténèbres, Verbindung von Pluto und Mars im Zeichen des Skorpions [Connection of Pluto and Mars under the sign of Scorpio], 1981/1999 Black patina bronze proof, signed, bearing various star sign inscriptions or drawings, dated (casting), justified E.A. II/IV and bearing the Susse founder's mark on the back, mounted on a travertine base. The original sculpture in silk, kapok, wadding and metal rod, created in 1981. H. 49.5 cm - W. 19 cm - D. 19 cm DV Bibliography Pontus Hutten, Eva Aeppli, Zeichnung, Malerei, Skilpture 1955-1989, Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellunghalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1994 (catalog of the exhibition held in Bonn from September 16 to December 301994), a similar bronze example reproduced full page 69 and described under number 28. -Heidi Violand-Hobi, Eva Aeppli, Akrobatin zwischen Himmel und Erde, Heidelberg- Berlin, Kehrer, 2020, the original sculpture reproduced on page 143 and described under number 95 A major exhibition entitled "Le Musée sentimental d'Eva Aeppli" was held at the Centre Pompidou-Metz from May 7 to November 14, 2022, accompanied by a remarkable catalog.