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Property from the Collection of Carlos Raúl Villanueva

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Relief rectangulaire, cercles découpés, carrés peints et découpés, cubes et cylindres surgissants

Auction Closed

May 16, 12:52 AM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property from the Collection of Carlos Raúl Villanueva 


Sophie Taeuber-Arp

1889 - 1943 


Relief rectangulaire, cercles découpés, carrés peints et découpés, cubes et cylindres surgissants

painted wood relief 

21 ⅝ by 25 ½ in. 

55.1 by 65 cm. 

Executed in 1938.


The Fondation Arp, Clamart, has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work and we thank them for their assistance with archival research.

Rose Adler, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)

Jean Arp, Clamart (acquired from the above in 1948)

Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Caracas (acquired from the above circa 1957)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Georg Schmidt, ed., Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Basel, 1948, no. 1938/26, pp. 92-93 and p. 141 (titled Relief rectangulaire, cercles découpés, carrés peints et découpés, cubes et cylindres surgissants)

Gaston Diehl, El Arte Moderno Frances en Caracas, 1959, no. 9, p. 26, illustrated (titled Relieve)

Macia Pinto, Villanueva: La Síntesis, Caracas, 2013, p. 43, illustrated (titled Relieve en Madera, Cercles Decoupes)

Museo de Arte Moderno de São Paulo, IIIa Bienal, Suíça, 1955, no. 36, p. 248 (titled Relêvo retangular com círculos recortados, quadrados pintados e recortados, cubos e cilindros em evidência)

Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Les Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela: 57 Obras de la Colección Carlos Raúl VillanuevaCaracas, 1972, no. 46, illustrated 

Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofia Sofía Ímber, Villanueva El Arquitecto, 1988-89, no. 59 (titled Cercles découpés, Carrés Peints et Découpés, Cubes et Cylindres Surgisants. Relief Rectangulaire)