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)

Jean (Hans) Arp · c. 1948–53, published 1953

This one's called Mussel's Face from Arp: Hairy Hearts nineteen twenty-three to nineteen twenty-six, Kings before the Deluge nineteen fifty-two to nineteen fifty-three (Arp: Behaarte Herzen nineteen twenty-three to nineteen twenty-six, Könige vor der Sintflut nineteen fifty-two to nineteen fifty-three) — a print by the French artist Jean (Hans) Arp, around nineteen forty-eight to nineteen fifty-three, published nineteen fifty-three. Arp was married to Sophie Taeuber-Arp — who also hangs in this museum. One from a series of two woodcuts — about 20 by 15 centimeters.

Medium One from a series of two woodcuts · Dimensions composition: 7 15/16 × 5 7/8" (20.2 × 15.1 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 × 8 1/16" (25.5 × 20.4 cm) · Credit Curt Valentin Bequest

Hanging beside it in Gallery 516: Corn Leaf Rhythm, Drapery Fabric

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Plate (page 17) from Le Poème de l'angle droit (The Poem of the Right Angle), Plate (page 151) from Le Poème de l'angle droit (The Poem of the Right Angle), He Is Arisen, Laocoön, Table Piece LXXXVIII (The Deluge), Abstract Portrait of Marcel Duchamp

More by Jean (Hans) Arp here: Enak's Tears (Terrestrial Forms), Leaves and Navels, 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