Torse Fruit

Jean Arp (1886-1966, German/French)

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

Provenance:

Denise Rene, United States

Jeffrey H. Loria, United States

George Ablah, United States

James Goodman Gallery, Inc., United States

Private collection, United States, 1988

Sotheby’s, New York, 4 May 2011, lot 120

Australian Collectibles Trading Pty Ltd., Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 23 June 2011, lot 44

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 21 March 2013, lot 37

Private collection, Melbourne

Private collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 10 December 2015, lot 35

Company collection, Melbourne

Menzies, Sydney, 9 August 2018, lot 34

The private collection of Mr Rodney Menzies

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)

Fisher, K., & Hartog, A. (ed.), Hans Arp Sculpture, a Critical Survey, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2012, item 237, p.344

Related Works:

Jean Arp, Human Concretion, 1935, plaster, 47.5 x 64.5 cm, Museum of Modern Art collection, New York

Estimate: $550000 - 650000

Result Hammer: $550000