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an image of a sculpture of a piece of wood with a piece of glass on top of itan image of a sculpture in a room with a white wallan image of a wooden pedestal with a glass top on a concrete floora piece of wood sitting on top of a glass tablea glass table with a piece of wood on ita sculpture that is standing in the middle of a room
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Estimate €1,800 - €2,200
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NEMO Agency. ‘Athanor’ installation – 1993. Corten steel, glass, liquid crystal display and computer. H_129 cm W_40 cm “A Monument to Remembrance and Peace for a ‘new town’ without a memory. Granted full municipal status in 1984, Val de Reuil is one of the few towns in France without a War Memorial. (…) no symbol to commemorate the dead. Athanor proposes to replace the idea of a war memorial with a monument to humanity (…)." Bibliography: ‘MNÉMO, Monuments – Alain Domingo, François Scali, Galerie de la Caisse des Dépôts, 56 Rue Jacob, Paris, 1993. Exhibition: “MNÉMO, Monuments – Alain Domingo, François Scali, Galerie de la Caisse des Dépôts, 56 Rue Jacob, Paris, 1993”, exhibition catalogue, pp. 37 & 39 Expert: Mr Harold Wilmotte
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About the sale PAINTINGS, FURNITURE, WORKS OF ART AND LARGE-SCALE DECORATIVE ITEMS
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Auction time 11/01/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/19/2026 at 8:08 AM
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