.jpg?w=1)
Squelette d'oiseau
Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Squelette d'oiseau
bronze with golden brown patina
height: 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1947 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier, Paris, in 1948; this cast is number one from an edition of five plus one '0' cast
Squelette d'oiseau
bronze with golden brown patina
height: 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1947 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier, Paris, in 1948; this cast is number one from an edition of five plus one '0' cast
Provenance
Baron Fernand C. Graindorge, Liège, by 1954.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1980s, with the assistance of Galerie Véga, Liège, and thence by descent.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, by whom acquired from the above in the early 1980s, with the assistance of Galerie Véga, Liège, and thence by descent.
Literature
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 85, p. 110.
Louisiana Revy, vol. 6, no. 2, October 1965, no. 14, p. 4 (dated '1952').
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 85.
S. Poley, Hans Arp, die formensprache im plastischen werk, Stuttgart, 1978, no. 36, p. 29 (illustrated).
F. Dumont & D. Mathieu, Fernand Graindorge, 1903 -1985, Collectioneur et mécène, Donation à la Communauté française de Belgique, exh. cat., Musée de l'art wallon, Liège, 2009, p. 264.
A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 85, p. 98 (another cast illustrated pp. 98 & 273).
Louisiana Revy, vol. 6, no. 2, October 1965, no. 14, p. 4 (dated '1952').
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 85.
S. Poley, Hans Arp, die formensprache im plastischen werk, Stuttgart, 1978, no. 36, p. 29 (illustrated).
F. Dumont & D. Mathieu, Fernand Graindorge, 1903 -1985, Collectioneur et mécène, Donation à la Communauté française de Belgique, exh. cat., Musée de l'art wallon, Liège, 2009, p. 264.
A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 85, p. 98 (another cast illustrated pp. 98 & 273).
Exhibited
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Fernand Graindorge, February - March 1954, no. 70, n.p.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Graindorge-udstilligen, October - November 1965, no. 14.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 20 ans d'A.P.I.A.W., Salon du Vingtième anniversaire, November 1965 - January 1966, no. 5.
Liège, Musée de l'art wallon, Collection F. C. Graindorge, November - December 1976, no. 120.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Arp - Joan Miró, June - September 1979, no. 8.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Graindorge-udstilligen, October - November 1965, no. 14.
Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 20 ans d'A.P.I.A.W., Salon du Vingtième anniversaire, November 1965 - January 1966, no. 5.
Liège, Musée de l'art wallon, Collection F. C. Graindorge, November - December 1976, no. 120.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Jean Arp - Joan Miró, June - September 1979, no. 8.
Further details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
Brought to you by
Charlie Campbell-Gray
Associate Specialist