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11 April 2023

STABILE “I FLY AWAY”

Reference :
GS_2

Materials :
Varnished brushed brass base, stainless steel rods, champagne gold mirror aluminum forms.

Dimensions :
Length 1.5 m x depth 50 cm x height 1 m

Weight :
5,4 kgs

Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

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11 April 2023

THE TREE OF LIFE

THE TREE OF LIFE
25 rue Astorg – 75008 Paris

Custom-made sculpture realized in collaboration with the engineer and craftsman Marco Miniussi.

Dimensions : diameter 7 m / height 7 m.

Weight : 35 kgs

Materials : trunk in varnished brushed brass, rods in gilded steel, suspended forms in gilded mirror aluminum.

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11 April 2023

SUMMER OR THE TREE OF LIFE

Reference :
SUM_20

Materials :
The base is in brushed brass varnished. The mobile is in brass + stainless steel rods

Dimensions :
The base: diameter 12 cm. The mobile: total diameter 90 cm / height 92 cm

Weight :
2,5 kgs

Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

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11 April 2023

AUTUMN or I GIVE MYSELF OVER TO WINTER

Reference :
AUT_20

Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

Dimensions :
The base: length 75 cm / width 6 cm / max. height of rods 70 cm

Materials :
The base is in oak and polished brass. Rods are made of gold plated steel and shiny stainless steel.

Weight :
2.7 kgs

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11 April 2023

A stabile is a mobile to be posed. This series is a tribute to the artists who inspire Christel.
The initial idea was to set geometric shapes in motion in space, thanks to a balanced structure different from the one she uses for her large mobiles.
She wanted to work with brass and precious decorations like gold and palladium.
Thanks to the use of aluminum in her mobiles, they are physically and aesthetically light, hence the impression of poetry.
With these stabiles, Christel had given herself the challenge of making this same poetic impression, not through lightness but with high density materials.
Moreover, Christel Sadde likes the idea of interactivity more present with a stabile than with a mobile.

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11 April 2023

STABILE, 4 BRANCHES TREE

Reference :
GS_3

Materials :
Varnished brushed brass base, stainless steel rods, champagne gold mirror aluminum forms.

Dimensions :
length 1.5 m x depth 1.5 m x height 1 m

Weight :
5,8 kgs

Edition :
Unique piece

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11 April 2023

TRIBUTE TO VICTOR VASARELY

Reference :
SV1_17

Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

Dimensions :
Height 50 cm , square base 17 cm

Materials :
Brass polished and varnished

Weight :
6,3 kgs

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11 April 2023

THE CULBUTOS

Christel Sadde’s creations around the idea of a “culbuto” are the continuity of her research work on the balance and simplicity of geometric forms in space.

From a traditional toy, she created a sober, elegant and interactive sculpture

Sober: only one shape used, “the round”, in volume or flat.
Elegant: thanks to the satin brushed brass and natural leather
Interactive: Christel always likes the idea of movement and here she brings noise as a surprise.

The technical realization of the”Culbuto” was possible thanks to Marc Miniussi, ingenious sculptor.

References :
C1-15 The Giant
C2-15 The Family
Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

Materials :
brushed brass with matte finish
Dimensions :
The Giant: height 65 cm
The Family: height 25 cm

Weight :
The Giant : 5,3 kgs
The Family : 3,3 kgs

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11 April 2023

THE WILD GRASS

This sculpture was born very naturally and a little by chance, by dint of handling flexible rods to make Christel’s large mobiles. Its name “Les Herbes Folles” came as an evidence. It is her first non-suspended sculpture. It is poetic and delicate, representing a subtle disorder impossible to solve. She caresses herself and with joy the grasses move, sway and eventually return to their place.

Reference : SCU_13

Edition : 8 pieces signed and numbered

Dimensions : base length 1 m x width 10 cm / max rods height 60 cm.

Materials : oak and brass base and golden steel rods.

Weight : 8 kgs

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11 April 2023

THE WATER LILY

While Christel Sadde was manipulating the stainless steel rods for her new creation, the Peacock Sun, they unfolded by chance, giving in their curvature a 3D volume effect. Metallic petals then appeared to her. Obviously she had in front of her a flower and more precisely a water lily. Like the peacock, this aquatic plant offers itself to the eye with majesty, symmetry and tranquility.

RéfErence :
NY-17
Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

Materials :
Rods in shiny stainless steel, length 136 cm, height 88 cm / Base in aluminum covered with gold leaf, diameter 24 cm

Weight :
2,8 kgs

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11 April 2023

THE PEACOCK SUN

This creation was born out of Christel Sadde’s admiration for the peacock and its fan-like feather pattern since her childhood. The use of gold leaf echoes the precious and silky side of the feathers and pays tribute to this almost dreamlike creature.

RéfErence :
PS-17
Edition :
8 pieces signed and numbered

Materials :
Rods in shiny stainless steel, diameter 90 cm / Base in aluminum covered with gold leaves, diameter 24 cm

Weight :
2,8 kgs

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11 April 2023

PAIR OF LIGHTED WALL SCULPTURES

The idea of these luminous sculptures came to Christel Sadde following the discovery of a curious instrument called “conformateur”. This instrument consists of small metal rods that slide on a central axis. It remained with her until the design of these luminous sculptures.
In their geometric shapes and use of the same materials – stainless steel, brass and mirrored aluminum – they echo the aerial universe of the artist’s mobiles.
But with the added bonus of light!

Reference :
APLI1-13 et APLI2-13

Description :
Stainless steel rods + brass varnished rods

Dimensions and weight :
width 50 cm x height 1 m x thickness 5 cm ; 10 kgs

Edition :
On commission

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