Niki de Saint Phalle (French, 1930-2002) in collaboration with Larry Rivers (1923-2002) to draw the face

Clarice 1964-1965

collage, color and black crayon, pastel, and felt on paperand watercolor on paper 63 x 41 1/2 in. (160 x 105,5 cm.) signed lower left: Niki de St Phalle / Larry Rivers, for drawings Inscribed on center left: Par Niki de Saint Phalle

Provenance Clarice Rivers, New York Gwynne Rivers, New York Private collection

Literature Pontus Hulten, Niki de Saint Phalle, exhibition catalogue for the exhibition in Bonn, Paris and Glasgow, 1992-1993, no. 5, illus. Patrick le Nouëne, Niki de Saint Phalle, des Assemblages aux Œuvres Monumentales, Musée des Beaux Arts d'Angers, June-September, 2004 Carol Brightman, Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers, p. 134, preliminary drawing of Clarice by Larry Rivers dated 1964, reproduced

Exhibited Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, Salon du Dessin, Paris, April 9-13, 2008 Oeuvres sur Papier 1880-1980, David & Associés, Paris, from April 15, 2008 to view the catalogue online: click here