ID 792614
Lot 416 | JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 400 000
Feuille sur cristal
white marble
height: 25 3⁄4 in. (63 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1960; this work is unique
Provenance
Private collection, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1960.
Pace Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1975.
Literature
E. Trier, Jean Arp, Sculpture 1957-1966, London, 1968, no. 213, pp. 24 & 113 (illustrated p. 25, fig. 27).
A. Hartog (ed.), Hans Arp, Sculptures - A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 213, p. 153 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Geneva, Galerie du Perron, Hommage à Jean Arp, June – September 1962, no. 13 (illustrated).
Milan, Galleria Bruno Alfieri, Arp, Cinquante ans d’activité, 1964, no. 141, p. 58 (illustrated p. 156).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post lot text
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | Jean Arp (1886 - 1966) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
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