Lot 137
  • 137

Hans Arp

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hans Arp
  • Formes se prêtant à l'interprétation
  • painted wood relief
  • 120 by 99.7cm., 47 1/4 by 39 1/4 in.

Provenance

John Senior, Jr., New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired by 1950)
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above in April 1957)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sale: Christie's, London, 20th June 2006, lot 162)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Arp & Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1950, no. 18, illustrated in the catalogue
Ginals, Centre d’Art Contemporain de l’Abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue, Le Relief, des années cinquante à nos jours, 1989, no. 1

Literature

Charles Estienne, ‘Sophie Taeuber-Arp et Jean Arp’ in Art Aujourd’hui, Boulogne-sur-Seine, 1949-50, illustrated pp. 10 & 11
Bernd Rau (ed.), Hans Arp. Die Reliefs. Œuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 378, illustrated p. 183

Condition

The collage elements are stable. UV examination reveals a spot of retouching to the upper part of the extreme left edge, relating to pigment flaking. There are a few further spots of paint loss in places to the extreme edges. There are scattered scratches to the varnish. This work is in overall good condition and might benefit from a clean.
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Catalogue Note

' The divine dream is a bridge between too much and too little. This dream is a fundamental part of my plastic search.'
Jean Hans Arp, Meudon, May 1958