JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Petit sphinx
bronze with green and dark brown patina
Length: 16 1/8 in. (41.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast in 1949
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Petit sphinx
bronze with green and dark brown patina
Length: 16 1/8 in. (41.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1942; this bronze version cast in 1949
Acquired by the late owners, by 1957.
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 110, no. 70 (another cast illustrated, p. 56). I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 70, no. 70. A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 267, no. 70 (another cast illustrated).
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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