Flying Skull (Crane qui vole)
Artist
Jean (Hans) Arp
French, 1886 - 1966
Dateca. 1969
Mediumpolished brass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (10.8 × 15.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineThe Feibes & Schmitt Collection
Object number2021.5.10
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Sculpture
- Modern and Contemporary Art
MarkingsLabel on verso: 194/300 SUCC, JEAN ARP
DescriptionBiomorphic form with wing-like appendages and two circular cut-outs akin to eyes. Often misdescribed on web sources as a bird, likely because Arp did a number of bird-like sculptures and because the French word for skull is "crane."Exhibition History"Jean Arp: Nature without Measure," Whitney-Renz, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, January 28-April 23, 2023ProvenanceMarisa del Re Gallery, Inc., New York City; purchased by Werner Feibes [1929-2021] and James Schmitt [1925-2013], Schenectady, New York, April 25, 1987; by bequest to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, 2021.
