Jean (Hans) Arp

French, born Germany, 1886-1966

Construction selon les lois du hasard (Construction According to the Laws of Chance) from the album Jean Arp

© Estate of Jean Arp / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

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Construction selon les lois du hasard (Construction According to the Laws of Chance) from the album Jean Arp, 1959

Artwork Details

Materials

six-color serigraph, after an original collage from 1918

Edition:

23/125

Measurements

image area: 17 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches (44.7675 x 36.83 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1964

Accession ID

K1964:24.7b

This is one of twelve lithographs Jean (Hans) Arp modeled after previous works as part of a process of revisiting his earlier compositions. He did this often, sometimes also exploring an image in sculptural form. The images in this album eloquently retain the details of the originals, further exemplifying that, for Arp, the simplest and most comprehensible means of visual expression center on line, area, form, and color.

Label from Artists in Depth: Arp, Miró, Calder, March 25, 2011–April 15, 2012

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