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Property from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund:Selections from the Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Composition dans un cercle No. 6
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Composition dans un cercle No. 6
signed and numbered twice 'Arp 2/5' (on the reverse)
Duraluminum relief
Diameter: 19 5/8 in. (49.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this bronze version cast in March 1966
Composition dans un cercle No. 6
signed and numbered twice 'Arp 2/5' (on the reverse)
Duraluminum relief
Diameter: 19 5/8 in. (49.9 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this bronze version cast in March 1966
Provenance
Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, New York (by 1972).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Literature
B. Rau and M. Seuphor, Hans Arp: Die Reliefs, Oeuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, p. 342, no. 708 (another example illustrated).
R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., The Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005, pp. 62 and 237, no. 119 (illustrated in color; illustrated in color again, p. 61, fig. 4).
R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., The Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005, pp. 62 and 237, no. 119 (illustrated in color; illustrated in color again, p. 61, fig. 4).
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jean Arp: From the Collections of Mme Marguerite Arp and Arthur and Madeleine Lejwa, May-September 1972, no. 33.
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Hommage à Jean Arp, June-July 1974, p. 76 (illustrated, pl. 56).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art; Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Seattle Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art; Cincinnati Art Museum; Denver Art Museum; Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery; Launceston, Tasmania, Queen Victoria Museum; Perth, Western Australian Art Gallery; Austin, University Art Museum and Sarasota, Ringling Museum, Jean Arp: Sculpture, Reliefs, Works on Paper––An Exhibition Organized by Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, February 1975-January 1979, no. 48.
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, From Far and Wide: A Taste of the Lejwa Collection, May-August 2005.
Paris, Galerie Denise René, Hommage à Jean Arp, June-July 1974, p. 76 (illustrated, pl. 56).
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art; Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Seattle Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art; Cincinnati Art Museum; Denver Art Museum; Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia; Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery; Launceston, Tasmania, Queen Victoria Museum; Perth, Western Australian Art Gallery; Austin, University Art Museum and Sarasota, Ringling Museum, Jean Arp: Sculpture, Reliefs, Works on Paper––An Exhibition Organized by Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, February 1975-January 1979, no. 48.
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, From Far and Wide: A Taste of the Lejwa Collection, May-August 2005.
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