Collectors’ Choice: 20th/21st Century Art

September 2530, 2021
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LOT 129

Lot 129

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Lot 129 Details
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966), German/French

DÉCOUPAGE NO. 27 (A BRONZE RELIEF), 1963

Bronze on duralumin; signed “Arp” and numbered 1/5 verso. Mounted on a velvet-wrapped plywood support. Accompanied by a photo certificate signed and dated “19.X.64” in pen and ink by Mrs. Arp with certification of the number of the bronze (No. 27) and the edition size, this being numbered in an edition of five reliefs, titled and dated 1963 in pencil to the Certificate verso.

Together with a copy of Galerie Dominion’s letter to the consignor’s family dated September 1986 confirming Mrs. Arp’s photo certificate dated October 19, 1964 accompanies this lot.
Bronze/Overall duralumin 9.1 ins x 6.7 ins; 23 cms x 17 cms; Bronze/Overall duralumin 11.8 ins x 9.1 ins; 30 cms x 23 cms

Estimate $6,000-$8,000

Realised: $5,700
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
  • Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966)
Provenance:

Direct from the artist through Marguerite Arp;
From whom purchased by Dominion Gallery, Montreal, in 1964, D.G. Inventory No. C.3702;
From whom purchased by the family of the consignor, Montreal on November 5, 1966;
Private Collection, Montreal and Vancouver

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