Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite) / Hans Arp
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1948/2.26
- Title
- Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite)
- Artist
- Hans Arp
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1886-1966
- Medium and Support
- bronze with wood base
- Object Creation Date
- 1938
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- abstract
- Dimensions
- 29 cm x 25 cm x 20 cm (11 7/16 in. x 9 13/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- casting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Physical Description
- A small, biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze grows from a wooden base. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.
- Subject Matter
- An example of Jean (Hans) Arp's interest in biomorphic abstraction. In its attention to basic, generic biomorphic shapes the piece is a kind of study of primordial organic forms, forms suggestive of all manner of life but not representing anything specifically.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- biomorphic abstraction
- bronze (metal)
- fruit
- growth
- sculpture
- surrealism
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- concepts in the arts
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- forms of expression
- genres
- inorganic material
- life
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- nonferrous metal
- objects we use
- people and culture
- plant material
- plants
- scientific concepts
- the natural world
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 576 x 800
- File Size
- 23 KB
- Record
- 1948/2.26
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-2.26/1948_2.26.jpg
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"Pre-Adamic Fruit (Fruit préadamite); Hans Arp." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-2.26/1948_2.26.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.