ID 1334600
Lot 473 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
Sculpture mythique
with raised monogram and numbered 'III/V' (on the inside)
bronze with black patina
Height: 25 ½ in. (64.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1949 and cast in 1964
Provenance
François Arp, Meudon (brother of the artist, 1973).
Ruth Tillard-Arp, Paris (by descent from the above).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1985, lot 61.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 26 June 1996, lot 260.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 111, no. 95.
G. Marchiori, Arp, avec deux poèmes de Arp, Milan, 1964, p. 117, no. 94 (another cast illustrated, p. 114).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, p. 96, no. 106 (concrete version illustrated).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 71, no. 95.
S. Poley, Hans Arp, Die Formensprache im Plastischen Werk, Stuttgart, 1978, p. 50, nos. 62-63 (cast stone version illustrated).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, pp. 103-104 and 279, no. 95 (another cast illustrated, pp. 103 and 279).
Further Details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Abstract art |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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