Leaves and Navels

Jean (Hans) Arp · 1929

This is Leaves and Navels — a painting by Jean (Hans) Arp, nineteen twenty-nine. Arp was married to Sophie Taeuber-Arp — who also hangs in this museum. It's oil and cord on canvas, about 35 by 27 centimeters.

Medium Oil and cord on canvas · Dimensions 13 3/4 x 10 3/4" (35 x 27.3 cm) · Credit Purchase

Hanging beside it in Gallery 512: Cut-out Frame no. 2, Untitled

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: The Passage from Virgin to Bride, The Spring, Bridge, Three Graces, The Kitchen, Exit the Ballets Russes

More by Jean (Hans) Arp here: Enak's Tears (Terrestrial Forms), Mussel's Face from Arp: Hairy Hearts 1923-26, Kings before the Deluge 1952-53 (Arp: Behaarte Herzen 1923-26, Könige vor der Sintflut 1952-53), Fish from Arp: Hairy Hearts 1923-26, Kings before the Deluge 1952-53 (Arp: Behaarte Herzen 1923-26, Könige vor der Sintflut 1952-53), Bell and Navels