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Pistil

Pistil, 1950

  • Jean Arp, French, 1887-1966

Plaster

  • Overall: 34 × 16 3/4 × 12 inches (86.4 × 42.5 × 30.5 cm)

Gift of Madame Jean Arp

74.126

Department

European Modern Art to 1970

Details

the artist, Jean Arp [1887-1966]

by descent to his widow, Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach (Clamart, France)

1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Neff, J. "Curatorial Reports: Department of Modern Art," Bulletin of the DIA 54, no. 2 (1975): p. 60; p. 63; back cover (ill.). Landay, J. "Between Art and Nature: The Metamorphic Sculpture of Jean Arp," Bulletin of the DIA 61, no. 4 (1984): pp. 14-21; p. 14, (fig. 1) (ill.). complied by Fischer, K. Hans Arp. Skulpturen - Eine Bestandsaufnahme/ Jean Arp. Sculptures - A Critical Survey. A. Hartog, ed. 2012, cat. no. 108, p. 283-4.

Jean Arp, Pistil, 1950, plaster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Madame Jean Arp, 74.126.

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