Philippe Hiquily chez Sotheby’s Genève
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PHILIPPE HIQUILY
26/11/2019 — 29/11/2019
Selling exhibition : Sculptures, Furnitures, Jewelries Sotheby’s in Switzerland exhibits a group of works, furniture and jewellery by Philippe Hiquily, the renowned French artist, in collaboration with the Loft gallery, based in Paris. Between surrealism and primitive art, insect figures and feminine silhouettes, the stativity of some gigantic project and playful motions, Hiquily’s works are full … <a href="https://preprod.galerieloft.com/philippe-hiquily-chez-sothebys-geneve/">Continued</a>
Selling exhibition : Sculptures, Furnitures, Jewelries
Sotheby’s in Switzerland exhibits a group of works, furniture and jewellery by Philippe Hiquily, the renowned French artist, in collaboration with the Loft gallery, based in Paris.
Between surrealism and primitive art, insect figures and feminine silhouettes, the stativity of some gigantic project and playful motions, Hiquily’s works are full of humour and sensuality and evoke his artistic relationship in Paris: Jean Tinguely, César, Germaine Richier amongst many other he was friends with.
The selling exhibition will feature some unique sculptures, including the Aurige, alongside several well-known and sought-after pieces such as the Girouettes Marbella-Shangai presenting a unique opportunity to acquire these works.
Text from Sotheby’s Genève
Opening 26.11.2019
Exhibition until 29 Novembre 2019
Les artistes
PHILIPPE HIQUILY
Le 27 Mars 1925 Philippe Hiquily naît à Montmartre, à Paris. Son père, Jules Prosper Hiquily, est décorateur. Il a notamment travaillé sur la décoration des appartements d’Helena Rubinstein et de Paul Poiret. Il rencontrera sa femme, Madeleine, jeune peintre élève à l’Académie fondée par André Lhote, professeur et théoricien du cubisme, à Paris. De 1927 à 1930 la famille…