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We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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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)
Fruit préadamite
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Fruit préadamite
stamped with monogram, numbered and inscribed with foundry mark '3/5 Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the underside)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 11 3/8 in. (28.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this bronze version cast in 1973
Fruit préadamite
stamped with monogram, numbered and inscribed with foundry mark '3/5 Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the underside)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 11 3/8 in. (28.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this bronze version cast in 1973
Provenance
Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, Clamart (wife of the artist).
Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, New York (acquired from the above, by 1975).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa, New York (acquired from the above, by 1975).
Bequest from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 109, no. 51.
H. Read, The Art of Jean Arp, New York, 1968, p. 207, no. 131 (marble version illustrated in color, pl. 74).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, p. 107, no. 131 (marble version illustrated; dated 1962).
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 119, no. 275 (marble version illustrated, pl. 74).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 69, no. 51.
R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., The Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005, p. 234, no. 94 (illustrated in color).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 259, no. 51 (marble version illustrated).
H. Read, The Art of Jean Arp, New York, 1968, p. 207, no. 131 (marble version illustrated in color, pl. 74).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, p. 107, no. 131 (marble version illustrated; dated 1962).
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 119, no. 275 (marble version illustrated, pl. 74).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 69, no. 51.
R. Apter-Gabriel, ed., The Arthur and Madeleine Chalette Lejwa Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005, p. 234, no. 94 (illustrated in color).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 259, no. 51 (marble version illustrated).
Exhibited
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. 8.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Arp, July-August 1976, no. 9 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Jean Arp, July-August 1976, no. 9 (illustrated).
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