NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE
Photos Niki de Saint Phalle, Laurent Condominas photographies, Niki de Saint Phalle, Niki sculpteure, Jean Tinguely,Tarot Garden, Jardin des Tarots, Cyclop Niki de Saint Phalle, Golem
Le jardin des Tarots, lames et construction
General overview with clouds.
Early morning
Slightly oriented overview
Magician and cloudy sky
The dark side of enchantment
La Papesse framed
The Magician and Papesse as seen from behind one columns of the Pope
Le Magicien bétonné
Contre plongée
Empress left profile
The Empress-right profile and the Hermit in its initial placement (now displaced)
Empress and rocket. In the far background is the Mediterranean La Méditerranée tout au fond
Empress and rocket bare, overlooking the valley
Niki de Saint Phalle in front of the Empress before ceramic and mosaics covered the sculpture
Niki de Saint Phalle posing in front of the nearly finished Empress
As the smoke from chimney attests, Niki de Saint Phalle lives inside the Empress while it is being partially covered with mosaics
covering the Empress with tiles and mosaics.
On top of the Empress is a large terrace from which the Tower (la Maison-Dieu) and the Emperor are visible
la Maison-Dieu The crumbling Tower over winter olive trees
The Tower (la Maison-Dieu) from below
The Tower-work in progress La maison-Dieu en travaux
Travaux sur Maison-Dieu
la Justice with one snake head from the tree of life
Justice as seen from the Pope, Magician and Empress in the background
The darker side of Justice and of the Tree of life
Putting tiles on the Justice
Work on the Tree of life
Magician, Pope, Tree of life being worked on
Inside the Tree of Life is the Hanged man is l'arbre de vie contient le Pendu
The tree of life as seen when coming on the path, from the tower
Hanged man visible from The Tree of life's aperture
Tree of life labia and the Hanged Man
The hanged man
Working on the hangedman. Travaux sur Le Pendu
Emperor's castle with tower and rocket
Intermediary state for the Emperor
Magician mirrors reflecting on the unfinished Emperor
The Emperor before the ceramics installation
The back side of the Emperor