Sale: 344 / Modern Art, April 28. 2009 in Munich Lot 301

 
Jean Arp - Défense de Savoir


301
Jean Arp
Défense de Savoir, 1956.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 856
Sold:
€ 840 / $ 898

(incl. surcharge)

Défense de Savoir. 1956.
Woodcut.
Arntz 201 c (of f). Signed and numbered 20/20 aside from the book edition. On firm wove paper. 17,8 : 16,6 cm (7 : 6,5 in). Sheet: 37,5 x 32,8 cm (14,8 x 12,9 in).

Illustration for the poem of the same name by Paul Elouard in: "Un Poème dans chaque livre", released by Louis Broder, Paris 1956. [KD]
Minimal mount staining and slightly sunned. Edges irregularly trimmed. With minimal rubbings in places of egdes and with isolated minima handling creases. Upper left corner with diagonal smoothed crease mark. Upper margin with faint skinned spot, due to a former mounting, with defective spot in right of lower margin.




301
Jean Arp
Défense de Savoir, 1956.
Woodcut
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 856
Sold:
€ 840 / $ 898

(incl. surcharge)