Eve

In the mid-1960s, Niki de Saint Phalle began creating a series of artworks that abandoned the flat plane and expanded into three-dimensional space. This marked the period of the anonymous black woman and her Nanas, the plump, happy women who emerged as her models, one of whom was a pregnant friend. The initial artworks were made of fabrics on a flexible framework, but later polyester and compressed paper were adopted, onto which De Saint Phalle applied vibrant colours. Examples of this period include the works "Adam" and "Eve" from 1968, characterized by certain recurring elements such as oversized bodies with pronounced distortions, small heads, and exaggerated genitalia, features that pervade the entire series of her artworks.