id:			145277
accession number:	1970.52
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.52
updated:		2019-07-18 08:10:23.185000

Forest, 1916. Jean Arp (French, 1887-1966). Painted wood; overall: 41.3 x 53 x 8.3 cm (16 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1970.52 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

title:				Forest
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creation date:			1916
creation date earliest:		1916
creation date latest:		1916
current location:		225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
copyright:			© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	painted wood
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jean Arp (French, 1887-1966)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 41.3 x 53 x 8.3 cm (16 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
	opening date:   1987-09-16T04:00:00
	<i>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).

	title:		Conserving the Past for the Future
	opening date:   2001-03-04T00:00:00
	<i>Conserving the Past for the Future</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

	title:		Dada
	opening date:   2006-02-19T00:00:00
	<i>Dada</i>. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (February 19-May 14, 2006); Museum of Modern Art, NY (June 16-September 11, 2006).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

	title:		Inventing Abstraction, 1912-1925
	opening date:   2012-12-23T00:00:00
	<i>Inventing Abstraction, 1912-1925</i>. Museum of Modern Art, NY (December 23, 2012-April 15, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 4-May 6, 2001.  "Conserving the Past for the Future."<br>National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2/19/2006 - 5/14/2006) and Museum of Modern Art, New York (6/16/2006 - 9/11/2006):  "Dada"  ex. cat. no. 38, p. 67.<br>CMA (organizer). Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008:  "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"<br>Museum of Modern Art, New York (12/23/2012 - 4/15/2013):  "Inventing Abstraction, 1912-1925", ex. cat. no. 340, p. 285.

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PROVENANCE

	Roland Penrose Collection, London
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	Paul Éluard Collection, Paris
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wall 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 246
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n266

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