ID 1426013
Lot 418 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
Outrance d'une outré mythique
bronze with dark brown patina
Length: 18 in. (45.7 cm.)
Width: 14 7/8 in. (37.7 cm.)
Height: 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1952; this bronze version cast in 1956-1959
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Glasgall, New York.
By descent from the above to the present owner, 2000.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 114. no. 117.
A. Hartog, ed., Jean Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 286, no. 117 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 72, no. 117 (pink limestone version illustrated, pl. 16).
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: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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