Jean Arp (Hans Arp)

1886–1966

Jean Arp (Hans Arp), ‘According to the Laws of Chance’ 1933
According to the Laws of Chance 1933
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Biography

Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (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 Dadaist and abstract artist.

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Abstraction-Création Dada Surrealism

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