Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Parent d'oiseau
signed and numbered twice 'ARP 3/5' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1965; this bronze version cast in 1968
Provenance
Edouard Loeb, Paris (1968). Pace Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1971.
Literature
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 129, no. 352 (another cast illustrated and erroneously numbered no. 351, p. 128). I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 83, no. 352. A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 393, no. 352 (another cast illustrated).