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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 2, 2020 | Christie's | New York | 20th Century: Hong Kong to New York | 38 | $****** - ****** | Évocation d'une forme humaine lunaire spectrale |
sculpture
polished bronze on the artist’s designed wooden base
Mary Sisler, New York and Palm Beach (acquired circa 1965).
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (bequest from the above, 1990); sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June 2011, lot 12.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
C. Giedion-Welcker, Jean Arp, London, 1957, p. 111, no. 101 (white marble version illustrated, p. 90; pink limestone version illustrated, p. 91; titled Human Lunar Spectral).
G. Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964, p. 116, no. 96 (another cast illustrated).
I. Jianou, Jean Arp, Paris, 1973, p. 72, no. 101 (titled Humaine Lunaire Spectrale).
S. Poley, Hans Arp: Die Formensprache im plastischen Werk, Stuttgart, 1978, p. 61, nos. 87-89 (small cast stone and marble versions illustrated).
F.M. Naumann, The Mary and William Sisler Collection, New York, 1984, pp. 38-41, no. 10 (illustrated in color, p. 39; titled Human Lunar Spectral; with incorrect casting date).
S. Fauchereau, Arp, New York, 1988, p. 127, no. 92 (small bronze version illustrated, p. 76).
A. Hartog and K. Fischer, eds., Hans Arp: Sculptures, A Critical Survey, Ostfildern, 2012, p. 281, no. 101 (another cast illustrated).
