ID 1380187
Los 110 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Schätzwert
£ 1 600 000 – 2 400 000
Amphore infinie
painted wood relief in the artist's original painted frame
57 ¼ x 44 ¾ x 1 3/8 in. (145.4 x 113.3 x 3.7 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1929, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker & M. Arp-Hagenbach, Hans Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 19 (illustrated).
J.T. Soby, ed., Arp, exh. cat., New York, 1958, pp. 31 & 32 (illustrated p. 31).
The Geijutsu-Shincho, vol. 8, Tokyo, 1959 (illustrated on the cover).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 73, p. 204 (illustrated p. 77).
W.S. Rubin, Dada and Surrealist Art, New York, 1968, no. 236, pp. 244 & 479 (illustrated p. 245).
D. Berrigan, The Dark Night of Resistance, Oregon, 1971, p. 84.
C. Giedion-Welcker, Schriften 1926 - 1971. Stationen zu einem Zeitbild, Cologne, 1973, no. II, p. 527 (illustrated pl. II).
B. Rau, Hans Arp, Die Reliefs Oeuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 192, p. 96 (illustrated).
D. Cottom, Abyss of Reason: Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals, New York, 1991, pp. 162 & 163 (illustrated p. 163).
C. Ambroise & J. Sgard, eds., De la fêlure à la fracture, Hommage à Philippe Renard, Grenoble, 1993, no. 9 (illustrated).
E. Robertson, Arp, Painter, Poet, Sculptor, New Haven & London, 2006, pp. 73 & 74 (illustrated p. 75).
J. Wintle, New Makers of Modern Culture, vol. I, A-K, Abingdon, 2007, p. 51.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung, Abstrakte und Surrealistische Malerei und Plastik, October - November 1929, no. 6, p. 9 (titled ‘Vase’; dated ‘1928’ and with incorrect dimensions).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich, July - September 1943, no. 502, p. 47 (titled ‘Komposition’ and with inverted dimensions).
Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Reliefs, Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, June - August 1980, no. 69, p. 166 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, August - November 1980.
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Arp, July - August 1986, no. 116, p. 291 (illustrated p. 131); this exhibition later travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d’Art Moderne, September - November 1986; Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, December 1986 - February 1987; Minneapolis, Institute of Art, March - May 1987; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, July - September 1987; and San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, December 1987 - January 1988.
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Schwitters_Arp, May - August 2004, no. 39, p. 247 (illustrated p. 117).
Remagen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Hans Arp, Die Natur der Dinge, September 2007 - March 2008, no. 56, p. 208 (illustrated p. 137).
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Hans Arp, January - May 2016, no. 9, p. 113 (illustrated in-situ pp. 63 & 65).
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Arp: The poetry of forms, May - September 2017, p. 86 (illustrated p. 87); this exhibition later travelled to Margate, Turner Contemporary, October 2017 - January 2018.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Rodin, Arp, December 2020 - May 2021, p. 192 (illustrated p. 163); this exhibition later travelled to Remagen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, June - November 2021.
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, on long term loan from 2015 and until 2022.
Further Details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
| Künstler: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Material: | Naturholz |
| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
| Künstler: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Material: | Naturholz |
| Kunst Stil: | Moderne Kunst |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Skulpturen, Statuen & Figuren |
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