Fauna und Flora eines Wolkenkopfes. 1963.
Watercolor with pencil.
Signed in the lower left. On thin board. 24.3 x 24.5 cm (9.5 x 9.6 in). [KA].

More works from the Max Niedermayer Collection, Limes-Verlag Wiesbaden, will be offered in our auctions throughout the year.

• Hans (Jean) Arp is widely regarded as a key figure of the European avant-garde.
• Arp conveys the rhythm of nature in his biomorphic, lyrical formal language.
• In the year this work was created, Arp was awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts in Paris.
• Other drawings by Hans Arp can be found in important museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

We are grateful to the Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp Foundation for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Collection of Dr. Max Niedermayer (1905–1968), Wiesbaden.
Estate of Dr. Max Niedermayer, Wiesbaden.
Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate (acquired from the above in 1979).
In family ownership since.

In good condition. The left edge of the sheet has a minimal crease, probably from previous binding.
backside image.