Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Chapeau-forêt
polished bronze
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Length: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast in February 1962
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Chapeau-forêt
polished bronze
Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.)
Length: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1960; this bronze version cast in February 1962
Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel.
Galerie Chalette (Madeleine Lejwa), New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, January 1964.
E. Trier, intro., Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 115, no. 231 (another cast illustrated, p. 47, pl. 49).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 78, no. 231.
A. Hartog, ed., Jean Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 341, no. 231 (another cast illustrated).
South Hadley, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Pursuits, Mount Holyoke Investigates Modernism, April-May 1993, p. 76 (illustrated in color).
Please note the amended provenance:
Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel.
Galerie Chalette (Madeleine Lejwa), New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, January 1964.
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