Lot n° 240.1
Estimation :
3000 - 5000
EUR
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: 3 000EUR
Hans dit Jean ARP (1886-1966) - Lot 240
Hans dit Jean ARP (1886-1966)
Project for an etching
Wooden matrix for the engraving reproduced in number 146 of the catalog of Jean Arp's engraved works*.
21 x 15.5 cm .
Provenance :
- Francois Di Dio (Founder and director of Editions le Soleil Noir in Paris).
- Louis Nallard.
- By descent to the present owners.
* The Jean Arp Foundation has informed us that: "The wood for which you asked us to do some research corresponds to engraving
engraving 146 listed in the catalog of Jean Arp's engraved works: W. Arntz, "L'art graphique: 1912-1966", Haag, 1980, rep. p. 164. It was used for the book: Camille Bryen. Temps troué. Jean Arp. Dessins, bois originaux, papiers déchirés published by Le soleil noir in Paris in 1951."
The Fondation Jean Arp will not issue a certificate, as this is not a work of art. Since this matrix is the tool of an intermediate stage in the process of creating the finished work.
This wood can be compared with temps VI, 1051, 1951, sculpture, matrix, painted wood 20.5 x 154 cm, sold for €41,600 in Paris on December 6, 2018 with the following description: "A certificate from the Fondtion Arp will be given to the buyer. The work reproduced opposite is a wooden matrix used to illustrate Camille Bryen's book "Le temps trouée", published by Le Soleil Noir, printed by Georges Dechalotte, Paris, 1951, p.45."
This lot is presented by Madame Agnès SEVESTRE-BARBÉ
sevestre.barbe@gmail.com, 01.53.96.06.57
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