Lot Essay
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEWPORT BEACH COLLECTION
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
Poupée-basset
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
Poupée-basset
signed and numbered 'ARP 1/5' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.)
Conceived in 1965; this bronze version cast in 1969
Poupée-basset
signed and numbered 'ARP 1/5' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.)
Conceived in 1965; this bronze version cast in 1969
Provenance
Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago (circa 1976).
Burton and Cecelia Wade, Chicago (acquired from the above, by March 1977).
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Burton and Cecelia Wade, Chicago (acquired from the above, by March 1977).
By descent from the above to the present owner, 1999.
Literature
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 129, no. 345 (marble version illustrated, p. 128).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 83, no. 345.
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 210, no. 345 (marble version illustrated).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 83, no. 345.
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 210, no. 345 (marble version illustrated).
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