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Jean Arp (Hans Arp)

1886–1966

Moustaches c.1925
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In the Studio

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Biography

Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (; German: [aʁp]; 16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.

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Dada Abstraction-Création Surrealism

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Pagoda Fruit

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1949

Constellation According to the Laws of Chance

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
c.1930
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Torn-Up Woodcut

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1920–54

Winged Being

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1961
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Sculpture to be Lost in the Forest

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1932, cast c.1953–8

According to the Laws of Chance

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1933

Impish Fruit

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1943

Danger of Death

Jean Arp (Hans Arp)
1954
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Portrait of Jean Arp

Hans Bellmer
1957

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