Lot 255
  • 255

Jean Arp

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jean Arp
  • Le fruit qui marche
  • numbered I/III  and stamped with the raised monogram HA and with the foundry mark Georges Rudier Fondeur Paris
  • bronze
  • height: 57cm., 22 3/4 in.
Unten Innenseite des rechten Fußes bezeichnet durch erhabene Beschriftung:
I/III HA [das Monogramm ist als kunstvolles Zeichen gehalten, siehe hierzu die originalen inventarisierungsunterlagen]

Provenance

Estate of Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1996

Exhibited

Baden-Baden, Museum Frieder Burda, Sammlung Frieder Burda, 2004, no. 52, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Málaga, Museo Picasso, The Grotesque Factor,  2012, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Literature

Eduard Trier, Hans Arp, Skulpturen 1957-1966, Stuttgart, 1968, no. 377, illustration of the marble version p. 126
Hans Arp (exhibition catalogue), Wütembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart & Kunstverein, Hamburg, 1966, no. 39, illustration of another cast p. 39
Hommage à Jean Arp,
(exhibition catalogue), Exposition à l'Ancienne Douane, Straßburg, 1967, no. 52, illustration of another cast n.p.
Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 337, no. illustration of the marble pl. 21
Hans Arp, (exhibition catalogue), Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, 1976, no. 19, illustration of another cast
Kai Fisher, Hans Arp, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 337, illustration of another cast p.386

Condition

Atractive light brown patina with some minor oxidation on the rim of the base. There are some slight surface scratches prodominately at the top of the sculptures and two small incisions towards the top right. There are three spots of staining towards the upper left. There is a further small scratch with associated oxidation to the front of the right foot. Otherwise this work is in overall good condition.
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