Lot 256
  • 256

Jean Arp

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jean Arp
  • L'ÉTOILE
  • bronze
  • height (including base): 63.5cm., 25in.

Provenance

Galerie Denise René, Paris
Acquired by the family of the present owners in 1965

Literature

Carola Giedion-Welcker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 143; no. 61, illustration of the smaller version p. 94
Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 143, illustration of another cast pl. 23
Stefanie Poley, Hans Arp, Die Formensprache im Plastischen Werk, Stuttgart, 1978, no. 120, illustration of the smaller version p. 85
Arp (exhibition catalogue), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Cambridge, 1987, illustration of the marble p. 22, illustration of the larger version p. 298
Serge Fauchereau, Arp, London, 1989, no. 105, illustration of the larger version p. 84

Condition

Polished bronze. There are some slight surface scratches, mainly to the top of the base and to the inside of the star. There are two minor stains to the upper part of the form. Overall this work is in very good condition.
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