ID: 700009259 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009259	Record Type: Movable Work
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L'Ange protecteur (public sculpture; Niki de Saint Phalle (French-American sculptor, writer, and ...; installation: 1997; Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland); )

Note: One of the artist's many "Nanas," brightly-colored sculptures of voluptuous female figures. The guardian angel was a gift from the artist on the station’s 150th anniversary. Hanging in the main hall of the Zurich Rail Station, the Guardian Angel has a blue body and golden wings; it also adorned in a multi-colored dress and carries a flask in each hand.

Titles:

L'Ange protecteur (preferred,C,U,French-P,U,U)

Guardian angel (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

public sculpture [300047112] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: installation: 1997

Creator Display:

Niki de Saint Phalle (French-American sculptor, writer, and scenographer, 1930-2002) [preferred]

artist Saint-Phalle, Niki de (French sculptor, assemblage artist, 1930-2002, active in USA) [500024269]

Locations:

Current: Zürich Hauptbahnhof (Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland) [500475545] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Credit Line: Gift from Securitas for Swiss Rail's 150th anniversary

Display Materials: polyester

	polyester (resin) [300014546]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, plastic (material), <plastic by property>, <plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset>)

Dimensions: weight: 11.2 metric tons (24691.77 US tons); height: approx. 11 m (36 feet)

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	modern (generic time frame) [300379388] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <generic styles| periods| and cultures>)

	Conceptual [300264827] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred,aboutness)

Specific Subjects:

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	guardian angel [300404340]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, spirits (beings), angels (spirits)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
L'Ange protecteur	........ [VP]
	........ Schulz-Hoffmann, Niki de Saint Phalle (2008) 175
	........ Hahnloser-Ingold and Lehnherr, Niki de Saint Phalle (1998) 58
	........ Bishop, Contemporary French Art I, Vol. 2 (2008) 30
Guardian angel	........ [VP]
	........ Hahnloser-Ingold and Lehnherr, Niki de Saint Phalle (1998) 175

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Hahnloser-Ingold and Lehnherr, Niki de Saint Phalle (1998) 175

....................... Bishop, Contemporary French Art I, Vol. 2 (2008) 30

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Schulz-Hoffmann, Niki de Saint Phalle (2008) 175
	..... Hahnloser-Ingold and Lehnherr, Niki de Saint Phalle (1998) 58