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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2023 | Torse végétal | 2 | Sotheby's | New York | |||
sculpture
133.3 cm (52.5 in)
bronze
stamped with the raised monogram and numbered II/V (on the interior of the base)
Galerie Denise René, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above on 26 January 1962)
Pace Gallery, New York (acquired from the above on 8 January 1968)
Acquired from the above in August 1970 by the present owner
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Arp, Bissier, Nicholson, Tobey , October - December 1963, no. 8, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Denise René, Arp, Sculptures et Tapisseries Récentes , 1960, no. 6, illustration of the marble
Jean Clay, “The Art of Jean Arp,” Réalités , no. 126, May 1961, p. 59, illustration of the marble (titled Torso )
Exh. Cat., Geneva, Galerie du Perron, Hommage à Jean-Hans Arp , 1962, no. 21, illustration of the marble
Giuseppe Marchiori, Arp , Milan, 1964, no. 119, pp. 137 and 139, illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture by Jean Arp , 1968, no. 21, illustration of another cast
Eduard Trier, Jean Arp, Sculpture, His Last Ten Years , Stuttgart, 1968, no. 204, pl. 21, pp. 20 and 111, illustration of the marble
Exh. Cat., New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture in Marble, Bronze & Wood Relief of Jean Arp , 1980, no. 24, n.p., illustration of another cast and illustration of another cast (installed in New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of Sculpture by Jean Arp , 1968)
Cathy Silver, “Interiors: Mrs. Sheldon Landau,” Avenue , vol. IV, no. 8, May 1980, p. 54, illustrated (in a photograph of the Fisher Landau home)
Marjorie Welish, “Artful Balance,” House and Garden , vol. 157, no. 5, May 1985, pp. 164 and 166-167, illustrated in color (in a photograph of the Fisher Landau home)
Edward Lucie-Smith, Sculpture Since 1945 , Oxford, 1987, pl. 5, pp. 84-85, illustration of the marble
Joseph Giovanni, “All About the Art-Emily Fisher Landau Chooses Her Palette in New York,” Architectural Digest , October 2002, pp. 240-241, illustrated in color (in a photograph of the Fisher Landau home)
Exh. Cat., New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Arp. Line and Form , 2000-02, no. 36, illustration in color of another cast
Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Biomorph! Hans Arp im Dialog mit aktuellen Künstlerpositionen, 2011, p. 69, illustration in color of another cast
Arie Hartog, ed., Hans Arp: Skulpturen-Eine Bestandsaufnahme / Sculptures-A Critical Survey , Ostfildern, 2012, no. 204, p. 149, illustration of another cast
Jean (Hans) Arp
(1886 - 1966)
Torse végétal
stamped with the raised monogram and numbered II/V (on the interior of the base)
bronze
height: 52 ½ in. 133.5 cm.
Conceived in 1959; this example cast by Georges Rudier on 4 October 1961.
