Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Château des oiseaux
white marble
Height: 19 1/2 in. (49.6 cm.)
Width: 16 3/4 (42.8 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1963; unique
Provenance
Denise René, Paris.
Henry Markus, Chicago (1964).
Staempfli Gallery, New York.
Robert W. and Anna Moffo Sarnoff, New York (acquired from the above, 1 March 1965); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 444.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
W. Stechow, Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1967, p. 168.
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach and F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 123, no. 300a (illustrated, p. 79, fig. 82).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, pp. 193 and 372, no. 300a (illustrated, pp. 193 and 372).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
Details
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Château des oiseaux
white marble
Height: 19 1/2 in. (49.6 cm.)
Width: 16 3/4 (42.8 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1963; unique
Provenance
Denise René, Paris.
Henry Markus, Chicago (1964).
Staempfli Gallery, New York.
Robert W. and Anna Moffo Sarnoff, New York (acquired from the above, 1 March 1965); Estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 444.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
W. Stechow, Catalogue of European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, 1967, p. 168.
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach and F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 123, no. 300a (illustrated, p. 79, fig. 82).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, Hans Arp Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, pp. 193 and 372, no. 300a (illustrated, pp. 193 and 372).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Post Lot Text
We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.
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