Pour dada. 2010.
Mixed media. Reproduction of Mona Lisa, nails and acrylic paint on plywood.
Signed in lower right on the horizontal plywood panel. Signed and dated on the reverse and inscribed "Pour dada avec qui tout est rosellée" and "N° 6294". 40 x 30 x 21 cm (15.7 x 11.8 x 8.2 in).
Verso with a small portrait sketch. [AR].
• With his typefaces, which are always signed "Ben", the artist provokes complex questions about art, society and the artist's ego.
• In France, he is one of the most important representatives of the Neo-Dada and Fluxus movements.
• Domestic and international exhibitions, as well as numerous retrospectives have long borne witness to Ben Vautier's great artistic success.

The work is registered in the artist's archive under the number "6294". We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris (with the gallery's label on the reverse).
Corporate Collection Ahlers AG, Herford (acquired from the above in 2010).

In good condition. Slightly dusty. The reproduction of the Mona Lisa with minor bumping and rubbing, probably part of the work's nature.