Lot Essay
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Buste silvestre
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Buste silvestre
signed and numbered 'ARP 3/10' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1963
Buste silvestre
signed and numbered 'ARP 3/10' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.)
Conceived and cast in 1963
Provenance
Edouard Loeb, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2013, lot 318.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2013, lot 318.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture 1957-1966, London, 1968, no. 305, p. 123.
A. Hartog, ed., Hans Arp, Sculptures, a Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 305, p. 374 (another cast illustrated).
A. Hartog, ed., Hans Arp, Sculptures, a Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 305, p. 374 (another cast illustrated).
Special Notice
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