Lot 381
  • 381

Hans Arp

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Hans Arp
  • Issu d'une source
  • inscribed Arp J, numbered 2/5 and stamped with the silversmith's mark
  • silver
  • height: 23 cm; 9 in.

Provenance

Elsabe Valcke International Art, Johannesburg
Private collection (aquired from the above in May 1936 and thence by descent)
Private collection, Europe

Exhibited

Zurich, Les Ambassadeurs, Jean Arp, 1972, no. 11, another cast

Literature

Edouard Trier, Jean Arp. Sculptures 1957-1966, Stuttgard, 1968, no. 303, ill 88, another cast illustrated p. 84
Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 303, another cast illustrated p. 81

Condition

Polished silver. There are faint handling marks and some wear in places to the patina. This work is in good overall condition.
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