
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Orou
Session begins in
May 20, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
Bid
45,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Jean Arp
1886 - 1966
Orou
bronze
length: 14 ¼ in. 36.2 cm.
Conceived in 1953; this example cast in 1975 by the George Rudier foundry as number 0 from an edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof.
Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, Switzerland (acquired directly from the artist)
Erker-Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Acquired from the above in May 1983 by the present owner
Exh. Cat., New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Jean Arp, 1954, no. 16, n.p., illustration of the marble version
Michel Seuphor, Arp, Paris, 1957, p. 47, illustration of the marble version
Carola Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 125, p. 79, illustration of the marble version; p. 112
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Arp, 1958, no. 99, p. 97, illustration of the marble version
Giuseppe Marchiori, Arp: avec deux poèmes de Arp, Milan, 1964, no. 102, p. 122, illustratration of the marble version
Exh. Cat., Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein; Strasbourg, Musée d’art moderne; Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Arp 1886-1966, 1986, no. 228, p. 217, illustration of the marble version; p. 308
Kai Fischer and Arie Hartog, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures—A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 125, pp. 113 and 288, illustration of the marble version
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