Jean Arp "Silent Tension" Woodcut, Paris, 1951, with Hand Signed Colophon

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Jean Arp "Silent Tension" Woodcut, Paris, 1951, with Hand Signed Colophon

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Rare Jean Arp "Silent Tension" woodcut, printed by Fequet & Baudier, Paris for Curt Valentin New York, 1951. Between 1951-1952, 320 copies were made of this piece, this is number 28 and hand signed by the artist. The signature is on the colophon, that is being sold together with the artwork itself. This piece is a part of "Dreams and Projects", a book published (only 320 times) by Curt Valentin, containing two sets of twenty-eight woodcuts. One set printed on Arches, the other on Japan paper. In good original condition with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Jean Arp was a German-French sculptor, painter, poet, and abstract artist in other media such as torn and pasted paper. Arp was a founding member of the Dada movement in Zu¨rich in 1916. In 1920, as Hans Arp, along with Max Ernst and the social activist Alfred Gru¨nwald, he set up the Cologne Dada group. However, in 1925, his work also appeared in the first exhibition of the surrealist group at the Gale´rie Pierre in Paris. In 1926, Arp moved to the Paris suburb of Meudon. In 1931, he broke with the Surrealist movement to found Abstraction-Cre´ation, working with the Paris-based group Abstraction-Cre´ation and the periodical, Transition. Beginning in the 1930s, the artist expanded his efforts from collage and bas-relief to include bronze and stone sculptures. He produced several small works made of multiple elements that the viewer could pick up, separate, and rearrange into new configurations. Throughout the 1930s and until the end of his life, he wrote and published essays and poetry. In 1942 he fled from his home in Meudon to escape German occupation and lived in Zu¨rich until the war ended. Arp visited New York City in 1949 for a solo exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery. In 1950, he was invited to execute a relief for the Harvard University Graduate Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts and would also be commissioned to do a mural at the UNESCO building in Paris.

Creator:
Jean Arp (Artist),Curt Valentin (Retailer),Fequet and Baudier 1 (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 10.63 in (27 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
1951
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Amsterdam, NL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU103983598842