The Forest
Jean (Hans) Arp
1916
Medium
painted wood
Dimensions
overall: 32.7 x 19.7 x 7.6 cm (12 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 3 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1977.20.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jean (Hans) Arp · 1886–1966
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...