Jean (Hans) Arp, Torse Végétal

stamped with the artist's monogram and number "I/V HA" on the inside and on the inside of the base
bronze
52 1/2 x 10 x 6 7/8 in. (133.4 x 25.4 x 17.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1959 and cast in 1960, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof.

We thank the Fondation Arp, Clamart, for their help cataloguing this work.

Provenance:
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Getz Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1961)
Sotheby’s, New York, November 13, 1997, lot 322
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited:
London, Tate Gallery, Jean Arp, November 24 - December 23, 1962, no. 38 (another example exhibited)

Literature:
Jean Clay, "La singulière ascension de Jean Arp", Réalités, no. 180, January 1961, Paris, p. 67 (marble version illustrated)
Giuseppe Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964, no. 119, p. 139 (another example illustrated, p. 137)
Eduard Trier, Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, Stuttgart, 1968, pl. 21, no. 204, p. 111 (marble version illustrated, p. 20)
Edward Lucie-Smith, Sculpture Since 1945, London, 1987, pl. 5, p. 84 (marble version illustrated, p. 85)
Arie Hartog, ed., Hans Arp: Skulpturen – Eine Bestandsaufnahme / Sculptures – A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, no. 204, p. 149 (another example illustrated)

Property of an Esteemed Private Collector