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Jean Tinguely (1925-1991)  

Aliases: Jean Charles Tinguely
Professions: Painter; Sculptor

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Tinguely, Jean: Meta-Harmonie

11/28/2009
Galerie Bassenge
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Jean TINGUELY (1925-1991)Affiche pour le centre national d'art contemporainde Paris. 1971-1973.79,5 x 60 cm.

11/28/2009
Leclere
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Jean TINGUELY (1925-1991) COLLABORATION, 1991 acrylique et technique mixte sur toile

12/7/2009
Artcurial - Briest - Poulain - F. Tajan
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Jean TINGUELY (1925-1991) REFLEXION, circa 1970

12/8/2009
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Jean TINGUELY (1925-1991) CHAOS I, 1972

12/8/2009
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Biography

(b Fribourg, 22 May 1925; d Berne, 30 Aug 1991). Swiss sculptor. He began experimenting with mechanical sculptures in the late 1930s, hanging objects from the ceiling and using a motor to make them rotate. In 1940 he began an apprenticeship as a window-dresser and also attended art classes at the Allgemeine Gewerbeschule, Basle. From 1941 to 1945 he studied there with Julia Ris (b 1904) and discovered the work of Kurt Schwitters, which made ... (view more)

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