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Hans (Jean) Arp
Small Venus of Meudon
Artist
Hans (Jean) Arp
Strasbourg 1886 – Basel 1966
Title
Small Venus of Meudon
Date
1957
Materials
Bronze, edition of 5
Dimensions
48.5 x 11.8 x 9.7 cm
Founder
Cast Georges Rudier, Paris
Credits
David R. Morrice Bequest, inv. 1981.18a-b
Collection
Western Art
This small version of a sculpture from 1956 exemplifies the artist’s quest for a symbiosis of poetic abstraction and the representation of the human figure. In this purely inventive and elegant form, the bulbous shapes are seamlessly connected. The sculpture’s verticality and sensuous line evoke the pure beauty essential to the very being of Venus.
© Estate of Hans (Jean) Arp / SOCAN (2020)
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