Hans Arp

Variable Picture (3 x 7 = 21 Shapes) [Variables Bild (3 x 7 = 21 Formen)] by Jean [Hans] Arp, 1964.

• Jen [Hans] Arp (German-French, 1886-1966).
• Paper, wood, and Plexiglas.
• Hand-signed and numbered.
• Published by Galerie der Spiegel édition MAT, Cologne in 1965
• This work is presented unframed.

This multiple is hand signed by the artist “J. Arp” in blue ballpoint pen on a label, verso. It is also hand numbered in blue ballpoint pen, from the edition of 100 on a label, verso.

Each example of Arp’s Variables Bild (3 x 7 = 21 Formen) is composed of a unique formation of 21 pieces of stamped-cut paper, arranged by chance making each one of the works in this edition different and unique.

The artist, along with other Dada and Surrealist artists, embraced chance and spontaneity as a tool in their creative process by removing direct rational thought from the artistic outcome.

Arp explained: 'I allow myself to be guided by the work at the time of its birth, I have confidence in it. I don't reflect. The forms come, pleasing or strange, hostile, inexplicable, dumb or drowsy. They are born of themselves.' (Arp, quoted in Jours effeuills: Poemes, essais, souvenirs, 1920-1965, Zurich, 1963, pp. 435-436)

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Hand-signed and numbered.