ID 1574377
Lot 294 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
Initiale d’une feuille
bronze with brown patina
Length: 34 3/8 in. (87.3 cm.)
Height: 28 ¾ in. (73 cm.)
Conceived in 1960 and cast in 1962
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris.
Pace Gallery, Boston (acquired from the above, 1964).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, January 1965.
Literature
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 113, no. 215 (another cast illustrated, pl. 39).
S. Fauchereau, Arp, Paris, 1988, pp. 84 and 127, nos. 107-108 (another cast illustrated in color, pp. 107-108; illustrated again in color on the cover).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 154, no. 215 (another cast illustrated).
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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