JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
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JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)

Sculpture automatique, dite "Ombre chinoise"

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JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Sculpture automatique, dite "Ombre chinoise"
polished bronze
Height: 15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.)
Conceived circa 1947; this bronze version cast in 1957
Provenance
Edouard Loeb, Paris.
Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris.
Katharine and Morton G. Schamberg, Chicago (acquired from the above, July 1957); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 2 November 2005, lot 463.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 113, no. 82.
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 97, no. 82 (another cast illustrated).
Further Details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.

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