Petite figure appuyée dite 'l'égyptienne'

Price realised EUR 121,500

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Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

Petite figure appuyée dite 'l'égyptienne'

Price realised EUR 121,500

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Petite figure appuyée dite 'l'égyptienne'
bronze with a brown patina
25 x 23 x 14 cm.
Conceived in 1938, this work is number four from the edition of five plus one artist's proof

Acquired directly from the artist by Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne.
Acquired from the above by Piet and Ida Sanders in 1958.

C. Giedion-Welcker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart 1957, no. 57, p. 112.
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris 1973, no. 57, p. 69.
S. Poley, Hans Arp: Die Formensprache im Plastischen Werk, Stuttgart 1978, no. 150, p. 143 (another cast illustrated).
S. Paas (a.o.), Hans Arp 1886-1966: Ankäufe des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz 1997, no. 3, p. 114 (the marble version illustrated pp. 33 and 144).

Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedammers tonen hun kunstbezit, 18 December 1959-16 February 1960, no. 189.
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, De verzameling van Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, 27 June-16 August 1970 (another cast exhibited).
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Collectie Piet en Ida Sanders. Leven met kunst, 30 June-21 October 2012.

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