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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2023 | Grand personnage | 2 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
166.7 cm (65.63 in)
polished bronze
signed with the artist's monogram, numbered '2/3' and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the inside of the base)
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (no. 1717).
Robert and Beatrice Mayer, Chicago, by whom acquired from the above on 13 January 1961, and thence by descent to the present owner.
J. Thrall Soby, Arp, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, no. 112, p. 123 (another cast illustrated pl. 112; titled 'Great Lady').
Exh. cat., Jean Arp: sculpture, reliefs, paintings, collages, tapestries, Tate Gallery, London, 1962, no. 34.
Exh. cat., Exhibition of sculpture by Jean Arp in marble bronze and wood relief from the years 1923-63, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1963, no. 16 (another cast illustrated).
G. Marchiori, Arp, Milan, 1964 (detail of another cast illustrated fig. 44, p. 60).
H. Read, Arp, London, 1968, no. 116, p. 207 (illustrated p. 206).
E. Trier, M. Arp-Hagenbach & F. Arp, Jean Arp, Sculpture: His Last Ten Years, New York, 1968, p. 107, no. 157 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Jean Arp, Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, 1985, no. 20, p. 112 (another cast illustrated).
Exh. cat., Hans Arp, Die Metamorphose der Figur, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 1991, no. 10, p. 169 (another cast illustrated p. 64).
B. Mayer, The Passionate Collector: Robert B. Mayer's Adventures in Art , New York, 2011 (illustrated p. 61).
A. Hartog & K. Fischer, Hans Arp, Sculptures - a Critical Survey , Ostfildern, 2012, no. 157, p. 128 (another cast illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Grand personnage
signed with the artist's monogram, numbered '2/3' and inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the inside of the base)
polished bronze
Height: 65 5/8 in. (166.8 cm.)
Conceived in 1957; this version cast in July 1958
