Collage (Etude pour L'Aubette)

Details

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943)
Collage (Etude pour L'Aubette)
stamped with the signature (on the back of the artist's mount)
watercolour and paper collage on paper attached to the artist's mount
sheet: 6 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (16.3 x 7.1 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 x 8 1/2 in. (30.6 x 21.8 cm.)
Executed in 1928

Provenance

The artist's estate (with the stamp and Oeuvre no. 1928/24g).
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm.
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.

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Lot Essay

The Stiftung Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

According to the Stiftung, the work is part of the ‘Série de collages originales’ that Taeuber-Arp executed in the context of the Aubette in 1928. There are seven known works in the series, numbered from ‘a’ to ‘g’.

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