Jean Arp

Estate of the artist
A. Benjamin Cohen, Boston (acquired from the above in the early 1960s)
Mildred Slater Ostroff, Boston & Chicago (widow of the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner in 1992

Giuseppe Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964, illustration of the smaller bronze version pl. 135
Herbert Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 130, illustration of the smaller bronze version p. 105
Eduard Trier, Maguerite Arp-Hagenbach & Françoise Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, no. 232a, illustration of the marble version p. 115, illustration of the smaller bronze version p. 46 & pl. 48
The Art of Jean Arp (exhibition catalogue), New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Los Angeles, University of California; Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts & Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1968, no. 130, illustration of the smaller bronze version p. 105

There is a 4 x 2 cm chip to the lower edge, and a few more minor chips to the reverse. There are scattered dark spots and indentations, inherent to the artists process. Apart from some minor surface scratches and wear, this work is in overall good condition.
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