Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE SPANISH COLLECTION
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1996)
Composition dans un cercle no. 5
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1996)
Composition dans un cercle no. 5
inscribed and numbered 'ARP 3/5' (on the reverse)
duraluminium relief
Diameter: 15 7/8 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this example executed in July 1963 and cast in duraluminium in an edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Composition dans un cercle no. 5
inscribed and numbered 'ARP 3/5' (on the reverse)
duraluminium relief
Diameter: 15 7/8 in. (38 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this example executed in July 1963 and cast in duraluminium in an edition of 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Provenance
Galerie Denise René, Paris.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, by 1981.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2000.
Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002.
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, by 1981.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2000.
Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002.
Literature
G. Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964, no. 159, p. 174 (another cast illustrated p. 173).
J. Damase, Arp, Brussels, 1975, no. 26 (another cast illustrated).
B. Rau & M. Seuphor, Hans Arp. Die Reliefs. Oeuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 707, p. 341 (another cast illustrated).
J. Damase, Arp, Brussels, 1975, no. 26 (another cast illustrated).
B. Rau & M. Seuphor, Hans Arp. Die Reliefs. Oeuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 707, p. 341 (another cast illustrated).
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