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Artworks
Jean (Hans) Arp France & Germany, 1886-1966
Constellation, 1938Bronze38 by 33 by 9.5 cm (15 by 13 by 3¾ in.)Inscribed 'Arp' and numbered '0/3' (on the reverse)62985© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn$180,000Further images
Conceived in plaster in 1938 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Clementi in an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof. The present work is the artist's proof from the...Conceived in plaster in 1938 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Clementi in an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof. The present work is the artist's proof from the edition. The plaster is in the Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Münster. Two other bronze examples from the edition are at the Fondation Arp, Clamart.
Provenance
André Mounier, Bièvres (the artist's assistant)
Sale: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1990
Private CollectionExhibitions
Bilbao, Fundacion Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa Fundazio, Arp, 2001, illustrated p. 50
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue: Le Havre, France, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Jean Arp, 1973, no. 39 (another cast exhibited)
Exhibition Catalogue: Pontoise, France, Musée de Pontoise, Arp, 1973, no. 35 (another cast exhibited)
Exhibition Catalogue: Paris, Galerie Denise René, Hommage à Jean Arp, 1974, illustrated p. 37 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Krefeld, Germany, Museum Haus Lange, Hans Arp, 1975, no. 25 (another cast exhibited)
Exhibition Catalogue: Tokyo and Osaka, Contemporary Sculpture Center, Arp, 1975, no. 5, illustrated (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Brussels, Galerie Jacques Damase, Arp, 1975, illustrated p. 12 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Saint-Etienne, France, Musée d'art et d'industrie, Jean Arp, 1978, no. 21 (another cast exhibited)
B. Rau and M. Seuphor, Hans Arp: Die Reliefs, Oeuvre-Katalog, Stuttgart, 1981, no. 306b, illustrated p. 148 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Madrid, Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, Jean Arp: Relieves / Obra sobre Papel / Tapices, 1985, illustrated p. 70 (another cast illustrated)
S. Fauchereau, Arp, Barcelona, 1988, no. 160, illustrated p. 114 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Granville, Musée Anacréon de Granville, Comprendre la sculpture moderne autour de Jean Arp, 1989, illustrated p. 9 (another cast illustrated)
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