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A Torso by Jean Arp, a Clear Object of Desire

Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 02 April 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 8-10, rue de Castries - 69002 Lyon

After his famous dreamlike reliefs, Jean Arp, the father of Dadaism, returned to three-dimensional statues, but on his own terms, as this sensuously curved torso shows.

Jean Arp (1886-1966), Torse (Torso), 1956, plaster, plaster cast from 1931, h. 96 cm/22.4... A Torso by Jean Arp, a Clear Object of Desire

Jean Arp (1886-1966), Torse (Torso), 1956, plaster, plaster cast from 1931, h. 96 cm/22.4 in.
Estimate: €30,000/50,000
© Adagp, Paris, 2022

"It often takes me months, years, to complete a sculpture. I don't let go of it until enough of my life has passed in this body." Jean Arp wrote these lines in "Germ of a New Plastic Work", a key text in his 1948 monograph ( On My Way. Poetry and Essays 1912–1947 ) that sheds light on the genesis…
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XX - XXI - DESIGN - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART
Saturday 02 April 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live
8-10, rue de Castries - 69002 Lyon
Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
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