Jean Arp (1886-1966
)Composition.
Linocut in colors.
Very nice proof printed on the first plate of a correspondence card, signed in pencil. Inside, a text in ballpoint signed by Marguerite Arp, second wife of the artist : "Happy new year ! I send you as a worthless sample a sample of the "crystallino" marble in which [sic] Arp will execute his sculpture for Bonn... [...] As soon as Arp is better (he hasn't been lately!) he will go back to work with the practitioners in Locarno..." 
Oxidized glue strips at the edges of the 4th plate. Framer's annotations in pencil. 
21 x 15 cm.

Provenance:
Pierre Vago (1910-2002), architect, editor of the magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd
'hui.
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Jean Arp (1886-1966 )Composition. Linocut in colors. Very nice proof printed on the first plate of a correspondence card, signed in pencil. Inside, a text in ballpoint signed by Marguerite Arp, second wife of the artist : "Happy new year ! I send you as a worthless sample a sample of the "crystallino" marble in which [sic] Arp will execute his sculpture for Bonn... [...] As soon as Arp is better (he hasn't been lately!) he will go back to work with the practitioners in Locarno..." Oxidized glue strips at the edges of the 4th plate. Framer's annotations in pencil. 21 x 15 cm. Provenance: Pierre Vago (1910-2002), architect, editor of the magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd 'hui.

Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
€960
Buyer's premium
28%
Jean Arp (1886-1966 )Composition. Linocut in colors. Very nice proof printed on the first plate of a correspondence card, signed in pencil. Inside, a text in ballpoint signed by Marguerite Arp, second wife of the artist : "Happy new year ! I send you as a worthless sample a sample of the "crystallino" marble in which [sic] Arp will execute his sculpture for Bonn... [...] As soon as Arp is better (he hasn't been lately!) he will go back to work with the practitioners in Locarno..." Oxidized glue strips at the edges of the 4th plate. Framer's annotations in pencil. 21 x 15 cm. Provenance: Pierre Vago (1910-2002), architect, editor of the magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd 'hui.
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