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Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Lot 359 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

Ptolémée II

Closed24 June 2015

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GBP 1,022,500

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Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Ptolémée II
stamped with the artist’s monogram and numbered ‘HA 2/3’; stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fond. Paris' (underneath)
bronze with golden brown patina
Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1958 and cast in bronze in an edition of five, numbered 00/3 to 3/3; this example cast in January 1961

Galerie Lawrence, Paris.
Sylvia and Joseph Slifka collection, New York.
Harold Diamond, New York.
Stella Fishbach, New York.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, by whom acquired from the above in 1996.
Simon Studer Art, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998.