Lot 673: Liquid Reflections LL1

Liliane Lijn (b. 1939)
Liquid Reflections LL1
vacuum formed hollow perspex disc, mineral oil and distilled water, two clear perspex balls and a turn table mechanism with lamp
16¾ x 18½ x 18in. (42.5 x 47 x 47cm.)
Executed in 1968, this work is from an edition of which approximately two hundred and fifty were produced

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Liliane Lijn is recognised as a leading pioneer and exponent of kinetic art. Her work draws inspiration from science, oriental and western philosophies and the archetypal images of mythology. Over the course of Lijn's forty year practice she has explored and experimented with light, movement, words, film, liquids, and industrial materials.

Liquid Reflections LL1 consists of a vacuum formed hollow Perspex disc, which revolves on a turntable. The disc contains a clear mixture of mineral oil and distilled water which forms changing condensation patterns. Two clear Perspex balls influenced by opposing centrifugal and centripel forces, move randomly on the surface of the disc which is lit by a tiny beam of light.

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION


Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.