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Property from a Private American Collection
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Idole
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Idole
signed 'ARP' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 42 1/8 in. (107 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this bronze version cast in 1954
Idole
signed 'ARP' (on the right side); inscribed with foundry mark 'Rudier Fondeur Paris' (on the back)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 42 1/8 in. (107 cm.)
Conceived in 1950; this bronze version cast in 1954
Provenance
Baron Joseph Berthold Urvater, Brussels (acquired from the artist); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 7 July 1971, lot 45.
Galerie Veranneman, Brussels.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1975.
Galerie Veranneman, Brussels.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1975.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 111, no. 103 (plaster version illustrated, p. 89).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 282, no. 103 (another cast illustrated).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 282, no. 103 (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Venice, XXVII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, 1954, no. 108.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, January-February 1955, no. 19.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, January-February 1955, no. 19.
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