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Métamorphose (coquille-cygne-balance-toi)
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JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Métamorphose (coquille-cygne-balance-toi)
bronze with brown patina
height: 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1935 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier, Paris, in 1952; this cast is number one from an edition of three
Métamorphose (coquille-cygne-balance-toi)
bronze with brown patina
height: 26 ¼ in. (66.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1935 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier, Paris, in 1952; this cast is number one from an edition of three
Provenance
Baron Fernand C. Graindorge, Liège, by 1958.
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. 25, pp. 64, 105 & 109 (illustrated p. 64).
Louisiana Revy, vol. 6, no. 2, October 1965, no. 13, p. 4 (titled 'Svanen').
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 96, p. 90.
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 25, p. 67.
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, eds., Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 25, p. 75 (another cast illustrated pp. 75 & 249).
Louisiana Revy, vol. 6, no. 2, October 1965, no. 13, p. 4 (titled 'Svanen').
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 96, p. 90.
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no. 25, p. 67.
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, eds., Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 25, p. 75 (another cast illustrated pp. 75 & 249).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais International des Beaux-Arts, 50 ans d'art moderne, April - July 1958, no. 9, n.p. (illustrated pl. 202).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Graindorge-udstilligen, October - November 1965, no. 13.
Liège, Musée de l'art wallon, Collection F. C. Graindorge, November - December 1976, no. 119.
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Graindorge-udstilligen, October - November 1965, no. 13.
Liège, Musée de l'art wallon, Collection F. C. Graindorge, November - December 1976, no. 119.
Further details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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