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JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Grand personnage
signed with the artist's monogram, numbered '2/3' and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the inside of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 65 5/8 in. (166.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this version cast in July 1958
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (no. 1717).
Robert and Beatrice Mayer, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above on 13 January 1961, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. Thrall Soby, Arp, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, no. 112, p. 123 (another cast illustrated pl. 112; titled 'Great Lady').
Exh. cat., Jean Arp: sculpture, reliefs, paintings, collages, tapestries, Tate Gallery, London, 1962, no. 34.
Exh. cat., Exhibition of sculpture by Jean Arp in marble bronze and wood relief from the years 1923-63, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1963, no. 16 (another cast illustrated).
G. Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964 (detail of another cast illustrated fig. 44, p. 60).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 116, p. 207 (illustrated p. 206).
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach & F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 107, no. 157 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Jean Arp, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, 1985, no. 20, p. 112 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Hans Arp Die Metamorphose der Figur, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1991, no. 10, p. 169 (another cast illustrated p. 64).
B. Mayer, The Passionate Collector: Robert B. Mayer’s Adventures in Art, New York, 2011 (illustrated p. 61).
A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp Sculptures - a Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 157, p. 128 (another cast illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.