BEN VAUTIER (1935 - 2024) Lot n° 6

Pour le groupe Zero, 1990 Acrylic on canvas signed lower right, countersigned and dated on the back, and hanging of a plastic rattle 42 x 16 cm - 16 17/32 x 6 19/64 in. 22 x 16 cm (canvas) - 8 21/32 x 6 19/64 in. Acrylic on canvas, signed lower right, countersigned and dated on reverse, hanging of a plastic rattle This work is listed in Ben Vautier's catalog raisonné under archive number 3952. PROVENANCE Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint-Paul-de-Vence Private collection, France Ben, pseudonym of Benjamin Vautier, is a French artist of Swiss origin, born in Naples in 1935. He lived and worked in Nice, where he arrived at the age of fourteen. During the years 1959 - 1960, the main members of what came to be known as the Nice School met in his store, or on the sidewalk. Close to Yves Klein and the Nouveaux Réalistes, he belonged to the artistic avant-garde, more specifically post-modernism and the Fluxus group. By the end of the 1960s, he had established a solid public reputation, His "writings" took on a variety of forms, as seen here in Pour le groupe Zero (1990). Ben, pseudonym of Benjamin Vautier, is a French artist of born in Naples in 1935. He lives and works in Nice, where he at the age of fourteen. During the years 1959 - 1960, the principal members of what came to be known as the Nice School meet in his store, or on the sidewalk. Close to Yves Klein and the Nouveaux Réalistes, he belongs to the artistic avant-garde, more specifically post-modernism and the Fluxus group. He acquires a solid reputation with the public in the late 1960s, in particular through his "writings", which took a variety of forms such as Pour le groupe zero (1990).