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Provenance

Galerie de l’Elysée, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in August 1960) Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Eduard Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years , New York, 1968, no. 181, p. 15, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Jean Arp, 1886-1966: Esculturas, relieves, obra sobre papel, tapices , 1985, no. 23, p. 123, illustration of another cast Arie Hartog & Kai Fischer, Hans Arp Sculptures—A Critical Survey , Ostfildern, 2012, no. 181, p. 137, illustration of another cast

Catalog summary

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago Jean Arp 1886 - 1966 Oiseau-tripode inscribed Arp (on the underside) bronze height: 25¾ in. 65.4 cm. Conceived in 1958; this example executed as number 3 from a numbered edition of 5 by the Rudier Foundry, Paris. Provenance Galerie de l’Elysée, Paris (acquired directly from the artist) Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in August 1960) Thence by descent to the present owner Literature Eduard Trier, Jean Arp Sculpture, His Last Ten Years , New York, 1968, no. 181, p. 15, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat, Madrid, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Jean Arp, 1886-1966: Esculturas, relieves, obra sobre papel, tapices , 1985, no. 23, p. 123, illustration of another cast Arie Hartog & Kai Fischer, Hans Arp Sculptures—A Critical Survey , Ostfildern, 2012, no. 181, p. 137, illustration of another cast