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Jean (Hans) Arp
Concretion humaine sans coupe (Human Concretion without Oval Bowl), 1933, cast 1961

Artwork Info

Artwork title
Concretion humaine sans coupe (Human Concretion without Oval Bowl)
Artist name
Jean (Hans) Arp
Date created
1933, cast 1961
Classification
sculpture
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
23 in. × 22 5/8 in. × 15 3/4 in. (58.42 cm × 57.48 cm × 40.01 cm)
Date acquired
1962
Credit
Collection SFMOMA
William L. Gerstle Collection, William L. Gerstle Fund purchase
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, Germany
Permanent URL
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/62.3421
Artwork status
Not on view at this time.

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NARRATOR:  

The organic, swelling curves and polished surfaces of these two bronze shapes suggest many things—stones found at the seashore, some exotic fruit, or even the abstracted essence of a mother and child. As part of a series Hans Arp called Concretions, works like these were intended to create a new sculptural unity between the human form and its environment. Arp wrote: “Suddenly, my need for interpretation vanished, and the body, the form, the supremely perfected work became everything to me. Concretion signifies the natural process of condensation, hardening, coagulating, thickening, growing together.” 

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