.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED FAMILY COLLECTION
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Larme de galaxie
Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Larme de galaxie
signed, numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'ARP 3⁄3 E. GODARD Fond.' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina on artist designed cast-stone base
Height: 26 ¾ in. (68.3 cm.)
Height with base: 51 ½ in. (129.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this bronze version cast in 1973
Larme de galaxie
signed, numbered and inscribed with foundry mark 'ARP 3⁄3 E. GODARD Fond.' (on the underside)
bronze with dark brown patina on artist designed cast-stone base
Height: 26 ¾ in. (68.3 cm.)
Height with base: 51 ½ in. (129.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1962; this bronze version cast in 1973
Provenance
Marguerite Arp, Locarno (wife of the artist, until 1994).
Erica Kessler, Locarno.
Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt am Main.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, July 1997.
Erica Kessler, Locarno.
Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt am Main.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, July 1997.
Literature
E. Trier, Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 119, no. 272a (marble version illustrated).
S. Fauchereau, Arp, New York, 1988, p. 93, no. 122 (another cast illustrated in color).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 360, no. 272a (another cast illustrated).
S. Fauchereau, Arp, New York, 1988, p. 93, no. 122 (another cast illustrated in color).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 360, no. 272a (another cast illustrated).
Exhibited
Adelaide, Gallery of South Australia; Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art; Utica, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Seattle Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art and The Toledo Museum of Art, Jean Arp: Sculpture, Reliefs, Works on Paper, 1975-1976, no. 32 (illustrated).
Todi, Palazzi Communali, Arp, September-November 1987, p. 87, no. 19 (illustrated, p. 75).
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Aliventi, Arp, Viani: L'immaginario organico, June 1992, p. 149, no. 30 (illustrated, p. 61).
Todi, Palazzi Communali, Arp, September-November 1987, p. 87, no. 19 (illustrated, p. 75).
Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Aliventi, Arp, Viani: L'immaginario organico, June 1992, p. 149, no. 30 (illustrated, p. 61).
Further Details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
Brought to you by
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Associate Specialist, Acting Head of Day Sale