Coulisses de Foret. by Jean (Hans) Arp, 1887-1966

Jean (Hans) Arp, 1887-1966
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Coulisses de Foret.

Original lithograph in four colours. 1955. Signed in pencil. From the edition of 250 impressions (plus 50 A.P.). Printed at the studio of Desjobert, Paris 1955. Issued by the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, 1955.
Ref: Arntz - Arp Grapische Werk no 330
Note: This lithograph was developed by Arp from a gouache and collage of the same date.

Extremely fine strong impression with very fresh unfaded colours and highly textural surface. On pale cream wove Marais paper. Excellent original condition. Full margins. Sheet: 17 x 15 1/8ins. Image: 14 1/4 x 12 1/8ins (363x306mm).

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The central theme of Arp?s art was his concept of the way in which the stimulation of emotion could be linked to the visual ?experience? provided by anthropomorphic form. The passage of the eye over the flowing curves and surfaces of shapes derived from the most basis elements of nature could create a subconscious emotional reaction. It is this emphasis on the role of the subconscious which links Arp, and the ideas of the Dada circle, to the Surrealists.

In ?Coulisses de Foret? Arp used shapes with a basis both in the primeval amoeba-like roots of man?s development and in the elements of natural landscape. The interplay of these forms, together with the extremely sensitive balance of the tone values of the colours - blue-grey, soft green - creates a poetic quality of inner peace.