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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Forest

Forest

1916
(French, 1887–1966)
France, 20th century
painted wood
Overall: 41.3 x 53 x 8.3 cm (16 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1970.52
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism

Description

This relief of painted wood was inspired by the branches, roots, and foliage Arp observed around Ascona, a Swiss town on Lake Maggiore. Ascona was an important meeting place for the Dada group Arp helped establish around 1915. Dada artists gathered in Switzerland to escape the senseless slaughter and dehumanizing, industrialized combat of World War I. Arp's ambition was to create a radically new art suggesting the simplest, most naive elements.
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    Paul Éluard Collection, Paris
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  • {{cite web|title=Forest|url=false|author=Jean Arp|year=1916|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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