Hans Arp (Strasbourg, 1886 - Bale, 1966)
Configuration de fragments de papiers déchirés selon les lois du hasard, or Composition selon les lois du hasard, 1916-1917
Collage on paper
Unsigned
38,5 x 29,6 cm
Provenance:
- Former MoMA collection, New York
- Former Emily and Burton G. Tremaine collection, purchased in 1949
- The Mayor Gallery, London
- Genevieve and Jean-Paul Kahn collection, Paris
Exhibitions:
- London, The Mayor Gallery, "The Golden Age of Collage: Dada and Surrealism Eras, 1916 - 1950", summer 1987, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 1, unpaginated
- New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, "Aspects of collage, assemblage & the found objects in XXth century art", 29 March - 22 May 1988, illustrated in the catalogue under no. 6, unpaginated
- Paris, Musée national d"Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, "DADA", 5 October 2005 - 9 January 2006, described in the catalogue under no. 26 p. 563 and illustrated under no. 7 p. 465
The buyer will be provided with a certificate from the Arp Foundation.
Oeuvre examinée décadrée.
Le papier est fixé à son passe-partout par du ruban adhésif sur l"ensemble du pourtour arrière.
Bon état général.
Le papier est oxydé.
Rousseurs et traces de salissures éparses.
Une micro déchirure au centre de la bordure du côté droit consolidée au dos par un ruban adhésif.
Léger enfoncement en bas à droite.
Work examined unframed.
The paper is attached to the mat around the back with adhesive tape.
Good overall general condition.
The paper is oxidised.
Scattered foxing and traces of soiling.
A micro tear in the centre of the border on the right-hand side, consolidated on the back with an adhesive tape.
Slight indentation at lower right.