Provenance

Sir Roland Penrose

British, 1900 - 1984

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The sculpture displays three layers of overlapping abstract shapes, each painted in distinct colors. The colors across the three layers include red, yellow, green, black, white, and pink. The shape at the front looks almost like a human shape with an extra set of arms coming from the torso, with the upper body and head painted red and the legs painted black. The shape of the layer behind this one is hard to determine, but it appears to be painted in hot pink and black. The shape of the last layer is a large, uneven oval, painted in red, yellow, green, and black. A small, round, white shape is set on top of this bottom shape in the top right. The sculpture is set against a plain white background.
Jean (Hans) Arp, The Forest, 1916, painted wood, Andrew W. Mellon Fund, 1977.20.1

The Forest

Jean (Hans) Arp · 1916 · painted wood ·  Accession ID  1977.20.1