Sophie Taeuber-Arp Head 1920

On view

MoMA, Floor 5, 505 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries

Medium: Oil on wood with glass beads on wire
Dimensions: 9 1/4" high (23.5 cm)
Credit: Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest (by exchange) and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Object number: 253.2003
Copyright: © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Department: Painting and Sculpture

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The artist
Hans Arp (the artist's husband). Inherited upon his wife’s death, 1943
François Arp
Ruth Tillard Arp
[Claude Guber ?]
Sold at Calmels Cohen auction house, Paris, June 12, 2003, no. 34
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased at auction, June 2003

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