Lot 343
  • 343

Jean Arp

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean Arp
  • Réveil
  • Stamped with the raised initials HA and numbered IIII/V (on the interior)
  • Bronze
  • Height (including base): 26 3/4 in.
  • 68 cm

Provenance

Sidney Janis, New York
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in 1966

Literature

Carola Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, illustration of another cast p. 109
Herbert Read, Arp, London, 1968, illustration of another cast p. 94

Condition

Rich, varied brown and gold patina. Accompanied by a brown metal base, thirty inches tall, which the work sits on. The base allows the sculpture to rotate (base is not illustrated). Some extremely minor spots of patina rubbing and surface scratches, otherwise fine, very good condition.
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