JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Cravate à la tension silencieuse black granite Height: 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) Length: 11 5/8 in. (32 cm.) Conceived in 1932 and carved in 1947; unique
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Cravate à la tension silencieuse black granite Height: 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) Length: 11 5/8 in. (32 cm.) Conceived in 1932 and carved in 1947; unique
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired from the artist). Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, by 1960.
C. Gideon-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 111, no. 88. I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 71, no. 88. A. Hartog, ed., Hans Arp, Sculptures: A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 275, no. 88 (illustrated).
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Jean Arp, January-February 1949, no. 1 (dated 1932 and titled Silent Tension). New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, April-May 1960, no. 121 (illustrated).
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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