LEIKO IKEMURA (b. 1951) BEACH GIRL, 2004 Painted bronze Signed and numbered '1/5 Countersigned and stamped H. Noack Berlin under the base Painted bronze; signed and numbered '1/5'; signed and foundry mark under the base HAUT. 58,5 CM - 23 IN. PROVENANCE Private collection, Switzerland Galerie Kornfeld, September 16, 2021, lot 628 Acquired at this sale by the current owner EXHIBITIONS Basel, Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Leiko Ikemura, Beach girls, 2004/2005 (another copy) Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Leiko Ikemura, Tag, Nacht, Haldmond, August 31, 2008-December 31, 2008, reproduced under no. 249 p. 337 of the exhibition catalog (another copy)

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