Daniel Spoerri - Grenouille à la pince

Daniel Spoerri
Born in 1930 in Galati (Roumania)

Spoerri was a dancer, who very quickly began collaborating with Tinguely, and exhibiting with the New Realists and Fluxus.
He is known for his compositions of everday objects fixed to a pedestal, placed vertically and titled “Painting Trap”.

Caption:
Grenouille à la pince, 1998
Brooch – 18 kt yellow gold
12 x 2 cm
Edition Filippini, 7/8
Coll. Diane Venet