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ARP, Jean/Hans

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin 1887 - Basel, Switzerland 1966

Torse gerbe

Torso-sheaf

1959

bronze with bronze base

free-standing abstract

Dimensions (HxWxD): without base: 44 38 x 23 12 x 16 12; base: 11 12 x 13 12 in.

inscribed: 3/3

Credit Line: The Kreeger Museum

Photo credit: courtesy, The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C.

© Artist : Fair Use (Section 107, Copyright Act 1976)

Provenance

  • 1965, Acquired from the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
  • 1965-1994, David (1909-1990) and Carmen (1910-2003) Kreeger Collection, Washington
  • 1994, Opening of the Kreeger Museum, Washington

Bibliography

  • Museum's website, 17 February 2016
  • 1970 Dorra
    Henri Dorra, Kreeger Collection, Washington, D.C., 1970, p. 144, ill. p. 145
  • 1976 Sharpe
    The Collections of Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger, Edited by Margy P. Sharpe, Introductions by Charles W. Millard, J. Carter Brown, Richard L. Feigen, Warren M. Robbins, Washington, 1976, p. 39

Related works

  • 1976 Sharpe, p. 39:
    Third of 3 bronzes cast with Arp's approval from the Torse Gerbe of 1958 (white marble), in the collection of Sidney Janis, New York.