Grande Sculpture Classique
Jean (Hans) Arp
1963/1964
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bronze
Dimensions
overall: 238.5 x 37 x 36.8 cm (93 7/8 x 14 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.) weight: 144.697 kg (319 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1971.66.11
About the Artist
Jean (Hans) Arp
Hans Arp, born Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp on September 16, 1886, in Strasbourg—then part of the German Empire but now in France—grew up in a culturally contested border region that mirrored his dual German-French heritage, with a French mother and German father. He began his artistic training at the École des Arts et Métiers in Strasbourg, leaving in 1904, before studying at the Weimarer Kunstschule i...