Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Sydney
Jean Arp
Torse-stèle
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Jean Arp
1886 - 1966
Torse-stèle
inscribed with the monogram, numbered 4/5 and with the foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris
bronze
height: 196 cm; 77⅛ in.
Conceived in 1961, this example cast in bronze by Susse Fondeur, Paris in September 1968. This work is number 4 from an edition of 5.
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired on 5 July 1969)
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Private collection, Sydney (acquired from the above in 1981)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Eduard Trier, Jean Arp: Sculptures 1957-1966, Teufen, 1968, no. 258, p. 116, another version illustrated; p. 117
Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 258, p. 70
Kai Fischer and Arie Hertog, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures—A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 258, p. 354, another version illustrated; the present version listed
Maike Steinkamp and Loretta Würtenberger, eds., Hans Arp and the United States, vol. 1, Berlin, 2016, p. 170, fig. 9, another version illustrated (installed in New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Jean Arp in All Media, 1990)