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Artworks
Jean (Hans) Arp France & Germany, 1886-1966
Coquille-cristal, 1938 (c. 1956)Bronze32.5 by 33 by 34 cm (12¾ by 13 by 13⅜ in.) (without base)
132.5 by 50 by 48 cm (52⅛ by 19¾ by 18⅞ in.) (including base)66021© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, BonnFurther images
Conceived in 1938 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier in an edition of 5 (originally 3). The present work is number 2 from the edition and was cast circa...Conceived in 1938 and cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier in an edition of 5 (originally 3). The present work is number 2 from the edition and was cast circa 1956; the base pictured here was added by a subsequent owner of the sculpture.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Sarabel and Harold Florsheim, Chicago (acquired in 1958; sale: Sotheby's New York, November 5, 2004, lot 207)
Private Collection, Athens
Private Collection
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue: Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hans Arp - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, 1955, no. 9 (another cast exhibited)
C. Giedion-Welker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart, 1957, no. 52, illustrated p. 80 (another cast illustrated)
H. Read, Arp, 1968, no. 102, illustrated p. 93 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, 1972 (another cast exhibited)
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, illustrated p. 69 (another cast illustrated)A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp. Sculptures - A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 52, illustrated p. 85 (another cast illustrated)
Exhibition Catalogue: Margate, United Kingdom, Turner Contemporary, Arp: The Poetry of Forms (another cast exhibited)
