Hans arp

ALIUM on Instagram: “Sculptor Jean Hans Arp in his studio in Clamart, France, 1958. Photo by Pablo Volta.”

[p. 227] Jean Arp (French, born Germany (Alsace). 1886–1966). Birds in an Aquarium, 1920. Painted Wood; 25.1 x 20.3 x 11.4 cm. NYC: MoMA, 232.1937. Found by: Chelsea Bruno

Evocation of a Form: Human, Lunar, Spectral, an abstract bronze sculpture by Jean Arp. Modeled 1950, cast in 1957. Born 9/16/87 in Strassburg, Germany (now Strasbourg, France), he died 6/7/66 in Basel, Switzerland. A French sculptor, painter, and poet and leader of European avant-garde and arts during the first half of the 20th century.

Jean (Hans) Arp. Ptolemy I. 1953. Limestone. 42 × 20 × 16 3/4" (106.7 × 50.8 × 42.5 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden. 494.1964. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Painting & Sculpture

Created for XXe Siecle, 1938. Abstract, geometric, green, cream, tan. Constellations is an abstract minimalist depiction of the movement of the sky or heavens.

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#JeanArp Torse, 1931, 24 inch marble sculpture sold for $4,091,600 USD at Sotheby's London.

Jean (Hans) Arp. Flower Figure, Fall (plate, supplementary suite) from Dreams and Projects. 1951–52, published 1952. Jean (Hans) Arp. One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with twenty-eight woodcuts and a supplementary suite of twenty-eight woodcuts. composition (irreg.): 10 13/16 × 8 1/2" (27.4 × 21.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 7/8" (28.1 × 22.5 cm). Curt Valentin, New York. Fequet et Baudier, Paris. The Louis E. Stern Collection. 669.1964.B04. © 2025 Artists Rights Society…

Jean (Hans) Arp. Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged according to the Law of Chance). 1916–17. Torn-and-pasted paper and colored paper on colored paper. 19 1/8 x 13 5/8" (48.5 x 34.6 cm). Purchase. 457.1937. © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Drawings & Prints

Born on September 16, 1886 in Strasbourg (then part of Germany), Jean (Hans) Arp was a pioneer of abstract art and a founding member of the Dada movement. After studying at the Kunstschule, Weimar from 1905 to 1907, Arp attended the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1909, Arp moved to Switzerland where in 1911 he […]