Jean (Hans) Arp
Coupe humaine
Lot Closed
January 30, 02:32 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Jean (Hans) Arp
1886 - 1966
Coupe humaine
marble on bronze base
height: 61 cm.; 24 in. (excluding base)
Conceived in 1965 and executed in 1967, this work is unique.
Estate of the artist
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above in 1967)
David McKee, Inc., New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's New York, 10 November 1999, lot 649
Collection Heidi Horten, Vienna (acquired from the above sale)
As a gift from the above to Udo Jürgens
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Jean Arp, March-April 1968, no. 15, illustrated
Eduard Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, no. 353, p. 129, illustration of the marble
Arie Hartog and Kai Fischer, HANS ARP: Skulpturen - Eine Bestandsaufnahme / Sculptures - A Critical Survey, Ostfildern 2012, no. 353, p. 214