Live Auction 2846Impressionist & Modern Day Sale Including Property from the Estate of Edgar M. Bronfman
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Lot 256 PROPERTY FROM A MIDWEST COLLECTION

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

Constellation Stutt II

Closed7 May 2014

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Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Constellation Stutt II
signed, dated and titled 'Arp 1956 Constellation Stutt 2/2' (on the artist's label affixed to the reverse)
painted wood relief
25 5/8 x 20½ in. (65 x 52 cm.)
Executed in 1956; unique

Private collection, Stuttgart (by 1981).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1987, lot 297.
Galerie Theo, Madrid.
PaceWildenstein, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, August 2000.

Specialist note

An illustration of the present work is featured on the cover of the monograph, Jean Arp, by Carola Giedion-Welcker, published in 1957 (fig. 1).


(fig. 1) The cover illustration of Carola Giedion-Welcker's 1957 monograph, based on the present work.