Alu with Claws

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Object Details

Artist
Jean Arp, French, b. Strasbourg, Alsace, 1886-1966
Date
(1942)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
22 1/4 X 14 1/2 X 12 1/8 IN. (56.4 X 36.6 X 30.8 cm)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.104

The Artist
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to 16 November 1956
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 16 November 1956-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 44. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
GALERIE CHALETTE, New York. "Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp," October-November 1960, no. 50.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 12, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 479.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, p. 183.

GIDEON-WELCKER, CAROLA. Jean Arp (New York: Abrams, 1957), p. 110.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), pp. 659-660, ill. p. 340.
PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures of the Smithsonian (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books ; New York: Trade distribution by Abrams, 1983), ill.

Signature
Unsigned
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Alou aux Griffes
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