Groupe de 48

by Eva Aeppli

Artist Eva Aeppli (Schweiz, 1925 - 2015)

Alternate Title

Grupp om 48

Date1969 - 1970

MediumSilk, kapok, velvet, iron

DimensionsHöjd ca 200 cm

ClassificationSculptures

Credit LineDonation 1993 från Niki de Saint Phalle

Countries

Switzerland, United States, Frankrike

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:19

Object NumberMOMSK 200

About the artworkEva Aeppli was in her teens during the Second World War, which had a profound influence on her as an artist. This despite being relatively protected from the atrocities of war by growing up in neutral Switzerland. Aeppli’s father was a teacher and co-founder of the anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner school where she received her basic education. After studying design in Basel, Aeppli sold the puppets she made herself, a craft she incorporated in her artistic practice. Later, and without affiliating herself to any artist group, she practised amid the most innovative art circles in Paris, fraternising with artists such as Daniel Spoerri, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle – and Jean Tinguely, who later became her first husband.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Eva Aeppli - ur samlingarna (1993) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den tredje handen. Maurizio Cattelan och Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2024 - den 12 januari 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Supersurrealismen (den 29 september 2012 - den 27 januari 2013) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Eva Aeppli : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 24 april - 13 juni 1993

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