JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Torse préadamite
polished bronze
Height: 19 in. (48.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this bronze version cast in 1959
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966) Torse préadamite
polished bronze
Height: 19 in. (48.2 cm.)
Conceived in 1938; this bronze version cast in 1959
Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Basel. Galerie Chalette, New York. Albert List, Connecticut (1963). Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 3 May 1974, lot 388. James Goodman Gallery, Inc., New York. Acquired from the above by the late owner, October 1993.
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, p. 109, no. 54 (limestone version illustrated). J. Thrall Soby, Arp, New York, 1958, p. 70 (limestone version illustrated). I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 69, no. 54. C. Weil-Seigeot and R. Ego, Atelier Jean Arp et Sophie Taeuber, Paris, 2012, p. 197 (plaster version illustrated in color). A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 260, no. 54 (limestone version illustrated).
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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