Jean Arp
Flamme-Toupie
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Jean Arp
1887-1966
Flamme-Toupie
inscribed Jean ARP Flamme-Toupie
bronze
height: 40 cm; 15⅜ in.
with the base: 53,5 cm; 20⅞ in.
Conceived in 1964, this bronze example cast in edition of 5.
A copy of the certificate of authenticity issued by the Arp foundation is available. The original certificate has however been lost and no duplicate is available.
Succession Arp, Locarno;
Galerie im Erker, Saint-Gall;
Corale Solduno, Locarno;
Tajan, Paris, 30 May 2007, lot 68;
Private collection, Paris, acquired at the above sale;
Christie's Paris, 28 November 2012, lot 70.
Milan, Galerie Schwarz, Arp, May-June 1965, p. 17, no. 7 (an other proof illustrated);
Saint-Gall, Galerie Erker, Hans Arp, November 1966-January 1967, no. 11;
Hambourg, Kunstverein et Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Jean Arp, 1967 (an other proof illustrated);
Saint-Louis, Espace d'Art Contemporain Fernet-Branca, Chassé-Croisé Dada-Surréaliste 1916-1969, January-July 2012, p. 175, illustrated in colour, p. 29.
E. Trier, Jean Arp. Sculptures 1957-1966, Londres, 1968, p. 125, no. 323 (illustrated, p. 124);
G. Sebbag, Memorabilia, Constellations inaperçues, Dada et Surréalisme 1916-1970, Paris, p. 357, illustrated in colour, p. 181;
K. Fischer et A. Hartog, Hans Arp, Sculptures - A critical survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p 203, no. 323, illustrated