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SELECTED WORKS FROM THE BAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Brins
Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Brins
wood relief
9 7⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (25 x 24.5 cm.)
Carved in 1934
Brins
wood relief
9 7⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (25 x 24.5 cm.)
Carved in 1934
Provenance
Oskar Müller-Widmann, Basel.
Private collection, Switzerland, by 1981.
Joella Bayer & Herbert Bayer, Aspen & Montecito.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Private collection, Switzerland, by 1981.
Joella Bayer & Herbert Bayer, Aspen & Montecito.
Jonathan Bayer, Aspen & London, by descent from the above, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
B. Rau & M. Seuphor, Hans Arp, die Reliefs, Œuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 273, p. 132 (illustrated).
L. Degand, 'Klar Form', in Art d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 3, no. 1, December 1951 (illustrated p. 3, incorrectly titled 'Bruis').
L. Degand, 'Klar Form', in Art d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 3, no. 1, December 1951 (illustrated p. 3, incorrectly titled 'Bruis').
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, konkrete Kunst, March - April 1944, no. 153, p. 58 (incorrectly dated '1930').
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Klar Form II, December 1951; this exhibition later travelled to Helsinki, Taidehalli Konsthallen, February 1952; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, March 1952; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, May 1952 and Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, August - September 1952.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters, April - May 1956, no. 36 (titled 'Verzweigung').
Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Klar Form II, December 1951; this exhibition later travelled to Helsinki, Taidehalli Konsthallen, February 1952; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, March 1952; Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, May 1952 and Liège, Musée des Beaux-Arts, August - September 1952.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters, April - May 1956, no. 36 (titled 'Verzweigung').
Further details
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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