VESTIGES CONTEMPORAINS

Part of a large collection of anthropomorphic amphoras created by Antoine Pierini, featuring distinctive colours and materials. The handles are reminiscent of ears à la Max Ernst. This sculpture is a nod to the antique amphoras found in the library and the Triklinos.

Amphore

44.49 inches high
24 000 €
Amphore

29.92 inches high
11 000 €
(SOLD)
Amphoralba

Antoine Pierini & Martine Polisset
38.19 inches high
10 500 €
Amphore

32.28 inches high
6 000 €
Amphore

Lenght of 31.89 inches
11 500 €
Amphore

22.05 inches high
5 000 €
(SOLD)
Amphore

40.94 inches high
10 000 €
Amphore

44.88 inches high
13 000 €
Amphore

45.67 inches high
18 000 €
(SOLD)
Amphore

33.46 inches high
7 500 €
Amphore

26.38 inches high
7 500 €
(SOLD)
Amphore

26.38 inches high
7 000 €
Ombre & Lumière

53.15 inches high
14 000 €
Pompeï

31.89 inches high
9 500 €

LUMIÈRE INTIME

“Inanimate objects, do you have a soul?” wondered the French poet Alphonse de Lamartine. Family cultures and Mediterranean influences converge in the belly of this sculpture, which has a twin in Mr°Reinach’s bedroom (Erotès). Amphoras, terracotta vessels with no initial value, take on a life of their own in glass and are transformed, magnifying Pierini’s focus on light and form. Suggestive of a human body or perhaps a bobbin, they also bring to mind the patience of Penelope as she knitted while awaiting Ulysses’ return.

Lumière Intime

Height 46.46 inches - Width 41.34 inches
14 000 €
Lumière Intime

Height 64.96 inches - Width 37.40 inches
25 000 €
Lumière Intime

Height 46.46 inches - Width 41.34 inches
13 000 €

APRÈS LA BATAILLE

After the war between men comes the war of the senses, those excesses of reason akin to inebriation of the soul. These are the themes that inspired the meeting of these three works. Pierini poured molten glass into the amphoras as if it were oil or wine, causing them to explode.