Woodcut in colors on ivory-colored laid paper (without watermark)
France, Paris, 1957
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966) – German-French painter and graphic artist
Illustration 5 of 6 woodcuts in colors from the series ‘Jean Arp. Le voilier dans la forêt. Poèmes, ornés de six bois gravés par l'auteur.’, Louis Broder, Collection Miroir du Poête Nr. V, Paris 1957
Printer: Marthe Fequet et Pierre Baudier, Paris
Catalog raisonné: Arntz 219 c
Depiction: 13.8 x 11.7 cm
Very good condition

This is illustration 5 of 6 woodcuts in colors from the series ‘Jean Arp. Le voilier dans la forêt. Poèmes, ornés de six bois gravés par l'auteur.’, Louis Broder, Collection Miroir du Poête Nr. V, Paris from 1957. The woodcut in colors of an abstract composition is executed in deep black with above a blue-grey structured tonal area.

The watermark is not visible. The sheet is verso professionally mounted in two points on a mat (reversible). The work is in very good condition. The depiction measures 13.8 x 11.7 cm, the sheet 16.5 x 13.6 cm. The total dimensions, including the frame, are 42 x 39.2 cm.

Jean Arp (1886-1966)

Jean Arp, also known under his German first name Hans Arp, was born 1886 in Strasbourg as a son of a cigar manufactory owner. After his broken off art study at the Académie Julian in Paris, Arp founded with other artists the “Moderner Bund” and established his first contacts with ‘Der Blaue Reiter’. In 1940, Arp’s works, which were highly influenced by the Dadaism and the Surrealism, were announced ‘entartete Kunst’ by the National Socialists. Despite this fact, the artist was highly successful on an international level, created a tall sculpture for the UNESCO building in Paris and took part at the Documenta I 1955, the Documenta II 1959 and the Documenta III 1964. Today there is a Fondation Arp in Clamart and a Fondazione Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach in Locarno. There and in many other international houses, numerous works of Jean Art can be found.

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