Lot 403
  • 403

JEAN ARP | Configuration "Le Voilier dans la forêt"

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jean Arp
  • Configuration "Le Voilier dans la forêt"
  • oil and relief on card
  • 62 by 55cm., 24 1/2 by 21 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
James Wise, Geneva
Galleria Narciso, Turin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Arp, 1959, n. 31, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New acquisitions, 1959, n.n.
Geneva, Galerie du Perron, Hommage à Jean Arp, 1962, n. 46
Turin, Galleria Narciso, Jean Arp, 1968, n. 14, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Bernd Rau (ed.), Hans Arp. Die Reliefs. Œuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 563, illustrated p. 270

Condition

Oil and relief on card in its original frame. The elements are stable and examination under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. This work is in overall very good condition.
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