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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 5, 2025 | Christie's | London | The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | 110 | $****** - ****** | Amphore infinie |
sculpture
145.4 x 113.7 x 3.5 cm (57.25 x 44.75 x 1.38 in)
painted wood relief in the artist"s original painted frame
Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1929, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung, Abstrakte und Surrealistische Malerei und Plastik , October - November 1929, no. 6, p. 9 (titled ‘Vase"; dated ‘1928" and with incorrect dimensions).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich , July - September 1943, no. 502, p. 47 (titled ‘Komposition" and with inverted dimensions).
Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Reliefs, Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert , June - August 1980, no. 69, p. 166 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus, August - November 1980.
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Arp , July - August 1986, no. 116, p. 291 (illustrated p. 131); this exhibition later travelled to Strasbourg, Musée d"Art Moderne, September - November 1986; Paris, Musée d"Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, December 1986 - February 1987; Minneapolis, Institute of Art, March - May 1987; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, July - September 1987; and San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, December 1987 - January 1988.
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Schwitters_Arp , May - August 2004, no. 39, p. 247 (illustrated p. 117).
Remagen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Hans Arp, Die Natur der Dinge , September 2007 - March 2008, no. 56, p. 208 (illustrated p. 137).
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Hans Arp , January - May 2016, no. 9, p. 113 (illustrated in-situ pp. 63 & 65).
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Arp: The poetry of forms , May - September 2017, p. 86 (illustrated p. 87); this exhibition later travelled to Margate, Turner Contemporary, October 2017 - January 2018.
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Rodin, Arp , December 2020 - May 2021, p. 192 (illustrated p. 163); this exhibition later travelled to Remagen, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, June - November 2021.
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, on long term loan from 2015 and until 2022.
C. Giedion-Welcker & M. Arp-Hagenbach, Hans Arp , Stuttgart, 1957, p. 19 (illustrated).
J.T. Soby, ed., Arp , exh. cat., New York, 1958, pp. 31 & 32 (illustrated p. 31).
The Geijutsu-Shincho , vol. 8, Tokyo, 1959 (illustrated on the cover).
H. Read, Arp , London, 1968, no. 73, p. 204 (illustrated p. 77).
W.S. Rubin, Dada and Surrealist Art , New York, 1968, no. 236, pp. 244 & 479 (illustrated p. 245).
D. Berrigan, The Dark Night of Resistance , Oregon, 1971, p. 84.
C. Giedion-Welcker, Schriften 1926 - 1971. Stationen zu einem Zeitbild , Cologne, 1973, no. II, p. 527 (illustrated pl. II).
B. Rau, Hans Arp, Die Reliefs Oeuvre-Katalog , Stuttgart, 1981, no. 192, p. 96 (illustrated).
D. Cottom, Abyss of Reason: Cultural Movements, Revelations, and Betrayals , New York, 1991, pp. 162 & 163 (illustrated p. 163).
C. Ambroise & J. Sgard, eds., De la fêlure à la fracture, Hommage à Philippe Renard , Grenoble, 1993, no. 9 (illustrated).
E. Robertson, Arp, Painter, Poet, Sculptor , New Haven & London, 2006, pp. 73 & 74 (illustrated p. 75).
J. Wintle, New Makers of Modern Culture , vol. I, A-K , Abingdon, 2007, p. 51.
JEAN (HANS) ARP (1886-1966)
Amphore infinie
painted wood relief in the artist"s original painted frame
57 ¼ x 44 ¾ x 1 3/8 in. (145.4 x 113.3 x 3.7 cm.)
Executed in 1929
