Jean Arp

French | 1886 - 1966

Jean Arp was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1886. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte and will be on exhibit at Hamburger Kunsthalle on December 06, 2024, among other locations. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Staatsgalerie Stuttgart have featured Jean Arp's work in the past.Jean Arp's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 45 USD to 5,825,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 5,825,000 USD for Déméter, sold at Christie's New York in 2018. Jean Arp has been featured in articles for Observer, e-flux and Apollo. The most recent article is Stedelijk Museum Opens New Don Quixote Sculpture Hall written for ArtDaily in November 2024. The artist died in 1966.

Artist's alternative names: Hans Arp, Hans Jean Arp

Featured for Sale

Jean Arp - Relief II ,1954

By Jean Arp

Dane Fine Art

Untitled ,1960

By Jean Arp

Dane Fine Art

Ohne Titel (Kopf) ,1964

By Jean Arp

Bassenge

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Notable Lots

Balcon I ,1925

By Jean Arp

+130%

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TORSE

By Jean Arp

-9%

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Déméter ,1960

By Jean Arp

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Upcoming Lots

Jean Arp - Relief II ,1954

By Jean Arp

Dane Fine Art

Untitled I ,1960

By Jean Arp

Dane Fine Art

Untitled III ,1960

By Jean Arp

Dane Fine Art

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Ohne Titel (Kopf) ,1964

By Jean Arp

Bassenge

Mondmännchen II

By Jean Arp

Bassenge

Bez tytułu, 1950

By Jean Arp

Desa Unicum

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Recent Auction Results

Plate ,1958

By Jean Arp

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Doyle New York

Jean Arp - Tête ,1962

By Jean Arp

-37%

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TGP Auction

Soleil Recerclé ,1966

By Jean Arp

Jeschke Jádi

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Current Exhibitions

The Collection From Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to Pablo Picasso, from Jackson Pollock to Meret Oppenheim

Kunstmuseum Bern

Bern | Switzerland

Nov 06,2023 - Dec 31,2024

Hans/Jean Arp & Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Friends, Lovers, Partners

BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts

Brussels | Belgium

Sep 20,2024 - Jan 19,2025

Dreams of an Owl, Who the Bær and the Wounded Planet

Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Bielefeld | Germany

Nov 30,2024 - Feb 23,2025

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Articles

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Coverage

“ ..Arp’s sculptures, begun in the early 1930s, often have no use for a pedestal, can be turned in different orientations, and seem to pulse with incipient life... ”
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Nasher Sculpture Center

“ ..Arp described its biomorphic shapes as primal forms inspired by nature, a connection made clear in the title of the work, which evokes a grouping of stars in the night sky... ”
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Harvard Art Museums

“ ..Constellations II inaugurated a new chapter in Arp’s postwar practice... ”
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Harvard Art Museums

“ ..Arp’s experimental approach to creation, radical rethinking of traditional art forms, and collaborative proclivities resonate with the wide-ranging character of art today... ”
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection

“ ..Focusing his attention on everyday objects, in the 1920s Arp created his very own ‘object language’ using a nonsensical vocabulary of simple, reduced forms of bottles, forks, knives, clocks, ties, moustaches,... ”
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Hauser & Wirth, Hong Kong