ID 717869
Lot 477 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Torse
signed 'Arp' (on the base)
plaster
Height: 19 in. (48.2 cm.)
Executed in 1931; this work is unique
Provenance
Marcel Janco, Israel, a gift from the artist, circa 1962 and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, Paris, 28 November 2012, lot 61.
Hauser & Wirth, London.
Arquebuse Sarl, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above in February 2014.
Private Collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in March 2014.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 8a, p. 66.
A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures - a Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 8a, p. 242 (bronze version illustrated).
Special notice
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| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe |
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plaster, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Europe |
| Address of auction |
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