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Jean (Hans) Arp
French, born Germany, 1886-1966
Sculpture classique (Classical Sculpture), 1964
marble
overall: 96 x 14 x 16 inches (243.84 x 35.56 x 40.64 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
A. Conger Goodyear Fund, 1965
1965:3
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the artist;purchased via the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, February 8, 1965
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This information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms
In 1908, Jean (Hans) Arp moved to Paris to study art, but he quickly came to disapprove of formal academia. Therefore, in 1909, he moved to the small town of Weggis, Switzerland, where he worked for several years in isolation. Two years later Arp visited the artist Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944) in Munich. There he encountered the artists of the avant-garde group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). Soon after, Arp began contributing to the group’s publications and exhibitions. It was around this same time that he began experimenting with free-form imagery, which became a vital compositional component of his work.
During the 1950s, Arp made two trips to Greece, which led to his renewed interest in the classical human form. In Classical Sculpture, the standing female body is reduced to gentle curves that visually articulate recognizable parts of a figure, including shoulders, a bust line, and hips. However, unlike his earlier sculptural works that often incorporate a base of contrasting materials, such as Somersault, 1942, the elegant form of Classical Sculpture melds seamlessly with the base to create a singular structural outline.
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Other Works by This Artist
- Somersault ,
- Socle-colonne (Pedestal column) ,
- Constellation from the album Jean Arp ,
- Jean Arp ,
- Le petit sphinx (The Small Sphinx) ,
- Non loin du soleil, de la lune et des 'etoiles (Not far from the sun, the moon and the stars) ,
- Constellation-Punctuation ,
- Constellation selon les lois du hasard (Constellation According to the Laws of Chance) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Untitled from the album Soleil recerclé (Around the Sun) ,
- Le Cerf (The Deer) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Homme vu par une fleur (Man Seen by a Flower) ,
- Untitled from the album Soleil recerclé (Around the Sun) ,
- UNESCO from the album Jean Arp ,
- Échelonnement (Staggering) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Buste-Nombril (Bust-Navel) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Torse-Feuille (Torso-Leaf) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Lunettes et lorgnon - le squelette et son entourage (Glasses and Eyeglass - The Skeleton and Its Entourage) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Peinture murale "Aubette" (Mural Painting "Aubette") from the album Jean Arp ,
- Constellation from the album Jean Arp ,
- Construction selon les lois du hasard (Construction According to the Laws of Chance) from the album Jean Arp ,
- Croix (Cross) from the album Jean Arp ,
- L'Etoile (Star) ,
Surrealism
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