Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
L'oiseau caravelle
with raised initials and numbered on the inside 'HA I/V', inscribed with foundry mark on the underside '.Georges Rudier.Fondeur.Paris'-- bronze with brown patina
Height: 26¼in. (66.7cm.)
Original marble version executed in 1965; this bronze version cast at a later date, number one in an edition of five
L'oiseau caravelle
with raised initials and numbered on the inside 'HA I/V', inscribed with foundry mark on the underside '.Georges Rudier.Fondeur.Paris'-- bronze with brown patina
Height: 26¼in. (66.7cm.)
Original marble version executed in 1965; this bronze version cast at a later date, number one in an edition of five
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1989)
Literature
E. Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, no. 338 (marble version illustrated, p. 126)