Signes

 

Hans (Jean) Arp

  1886 - 1966 (biography)

1949  

woodcut 

4 13/16 x 7 1/4" image 

pencil, lower right margin corner 

18 of 50  

pencil signed and editioned "#18/50." 

Arntz 282 b; Bolliger-Graphic 37 (for Klipstein & Kornfield) 

thick, antique white wove 

second printing (editioned) of three, 

artist 

STSM101 

SOLD

This abstract woodcut by Dadaist Hans (Jean) Arp was done in 1948, late in his career, in an edition of 50. This impression is from the collection of Abstract Expressionist artist Emerson Woelffer. There are also earlier proofs on other papers and a later, unsigned edition published by Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc. Books with the typeset verbage: "Greetings to our friends and all those who share our enthusiasm / George Wittenborn / Henry Schultze"