Jean Arp (1886-1966)
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Jean Arp (1886-1966)

Torse gerbe

Details
Jean Arp (1886-1966)
Torse gerbe
with the raised monogram and numbered 'II/V' (on the inside of the base)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 30¼ in. (76.8 cm.) (including base)
Conceived in 1958 and cast in a numbered edition of 5 at a later date
Provenance
Private collection, London, by whom acquired in the early 1960s, and thence by descent.
Literature
M. Seuphor, Universe Sculpture Series, Arp, Amsterdam, 1961, no. 19 (the marble illustrated).
H. Read, The Art of Jean Arp, London, 1968, no. 114, p. 207 (the marble illustrated p. 100).
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach & F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture 1957-1966, London, 1968, no. 180 (another cast illustrated fig. 6).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that the present work was cast in 1961 by Rudier.

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