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Grand bâtard
Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Grand bâtard
signed with monogram and numbered '2/5' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast in 1963
Grand bâtard
signed with monogram and numbered '2/5' (on the underside)
polished bronze
Height: 17 7/8 in. (45.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast in 1963
Provenance
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London.
Leo Bakalar, Boston (acquired from the above, 1966).
Private collection, Chicago (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 497.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Leo Bakalar, Boston (acquired from the above, 1966).
Private collection, Chicago (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 497.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 115, no. 233 (larger marble version illustrated, p. 48, pl. 50).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 164, no. 233 (another cast illustrated).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 164, no. 233 (another cast illustrated).
Further Details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.