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 edition of a 1956 sculpture exemplifies the artist’s quest for a symbiosis of poetic abstraction and the representation of the human figure. The bulbous shapes are seamlessly connected in this purely inventive and elegant form. The sculpture’s verticality and sensuous line evoke the pure beauty essential to the very being of Venus.
© Estate of Hans Arp / Bild-Kunst, Bonn / CARCC Ottawa 2024
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