Torse Fruit

JEAN ARP (1886 - 1966, German)

Torse Fruit

bronze
75.0 cm height
stamped with initials: HA
numbered on interior: 0/V
conceived in marble in 1960 and cast in bronze between 1967 and 1976 in a numbered edition of 5

edition: 0/5

Provenance:
Denise Rene, United States
Jeffrey H. Loria, United States
George Ablah, United States
James Goodman Gallery, Inc., United States
Property from a distinguished East Coast Collection, United States, 1988
Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Sale, New York, 4 May 2011, lot 120, price realised with buyer's premium $494,500 USD
Australian Collectibles Trading Pty Ltd

Reference:
Trier, E., Jean Arp Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, Stuttgart, 1968, no. 237, p. 114 (illus., another example)
Read, H., The Art of Jean Arp, New York, 1968, pl. 128 (illus., another example)

Related Works:
Jean Arp, Human Concretion, 1935, plaster, 47.6 x 64.7 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Estimate: $450000 - 550000

Result Hammer: $460000