Bronze , polished. Copy 2/5 (probably cast in 1957), one of 6 known (1/5-5/5, 0/5) authorized casts. Height: 31 cm. . [KA].
More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in the Evening Sale on June 6 and in the Day Sale on June 7, as well as in other auctions throughout the year.
- Impressive bronze after one of Hans Arp's earliest sculptures. - With his biomorphic forms, Arp abstracts the human figure to create his characteristic “primordial forms.” - Arp is considered a leading figure of the international avant-garde. - Another cast is in the collection of the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck in Remagen. - One of the most important recent exhibitions was “Rodin/Arp” (Fondation Beyeler, 2020-2021), in which Arp's work was presented in a fascinating dialog with that of Auguste Rodin.
The work is registered in the archives of the Arp Foundation. We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for their kind support.
LITERATURE: Arie Hartog, Hans Arp. Skulpturen, Eine Bestandaufnahme, Ostfildern 2012, catalogue no. 5, and p. 21 (illustrated) On the original plaster cast from 1930, see: Carola Giedion-Welcker, Hans Arp, Stuttgart 1957, catalogue raisonné no. 5. - - Marguerite Valerie Schlüter, Briefe an einen Verleger (Letters to a Publisher). Max Niedermayer on his 60th birthday, Wiesbaden 1965, p. 194 and p. 210.

Dr. Max Niedermayer Collection (1905-1968), Wiesbaden. Dr. Max Niedermayer Estate, Wiesbaden. Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1979). In family ownership ever since

In good condition. The sculpture and base have some minor scuffs.