H A N S A R P (1886 -1966)
Seuil Brass 127.7 × 68.2 × 15.3 cm (501 ⁄ 4 × 267 ⁄ 8 × 6 inches) Edition 2 of 2 Executed 2nd December 1959 Provenance Francis Briest Paris, 17 June 1985 Helly Nahmad Gallery Private collection, Switzerland
Literature J. Polieri, Jacques Polieri présente 3 auteurs nouveaux: Jean-Pierre Faye, Fernando Arrabal, Jean Thibaudeau, Paris, 1959 (titled Seuils) I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 76, no. 199 (smaller marble example illustrated) E. Trier, Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 111, no. 199, pl. 30 (smaller marble example illustrated) A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 325, no. 199a (plaster and marble examples illustrated)
Exhibitions Brussels, Festival international du Théatre d'Avant-garde, 7th July 1960 (presented during the performance) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Fondation Arp, signed by Greta Stroeh Clamart-Meudon and dated 25th April 1995.
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