Lot Essay
Conceived and cast in 1958 in an edition of circa 400. These works were given to exhibitions at the Brussels World Fair of the same year.
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Homme vu par une fleur
Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966)
Homme vu par une fleur
bronze with gold patina
4 x 4½ x 3¼in. (10 x 11.5 x 8cm.)
Homme vu par une fleur
bronze with gold patina
4 x 4½ x 3¼in. (10 x 11.5 x 8cm.)
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 28 March 1984, lot 87
Stoppenbach and Delestre Ltd, London
Stoppenbach and Delestre Ltd, London
Literature
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach and F. Arp, Jean Arp Sculptures 1957-1966, Stuttgart, 1968, no.171 (another version illustrated pp.108-9)
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no.171 (another version illustrated)
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, no.171 (another version illustrated)
Exhibited
London, Courtauld Gallery, Modernist Art from the Emery Collection, 7 July-30 August 1999, no.24 (illustrated in colour)
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Modernist Art from the Emery Collection, 7 September-13 November 1999, no. 24 (illustrated in colour)
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Modernist Art from the Emery Collection, 7 September-13 November 1999, no. 24 (illustrated in colour)
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