Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

Seuil

Details

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Seuil
brass
Height: 50 ¼ in. (127.7 cm.)
Conceived and executed in 1960

Provenance

Jacques Polieri, Paris.
Anon. sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 June 1985, lot 66.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 76, no. 199 (smaller marble version listed).
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 111, no. 199 (smaller marble version illustrated, pl. 30).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 325, no. 199.

Exhibited

Paris, Théatre de l'Alliance Française and Brussels, Festival international du Théatre d'Avant-garde, Texte pour des sculptures de Arp, respectively 21 May and 7 July 1960 (presented during the performance).

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Lot Essay

The present work was commissioned by set designer Jacques Polieri for the performance of Jean Thibaudeau's Texte pour des sculptures de Arp, at the Théatre de l'Alliance Française on 21 May and 7 July 1960. The poetic texts comment and situate the relations of the space on stage with that of Arp's sculptures. The audience included Arp and his wife Marguerite, Alexander Calder, Sonia Delaunay, and Antoine Pevsner.

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