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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
Le petit Sphinx
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
Le petit Sphinx
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast at a later date
Le petit Sphinx
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast at a later date
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 November 1996, lot 311.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 110, no. 70 (another cast illustrated horizontally, p. 56).
E. Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 104, no. 70a.
E. Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 104, no. 70a.
Sale room notice
Please note the additional literature reference:
E. Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 104, no. 70a.
E. Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 104, no. 70a.