Jean ArpFrench, 1887–1966Cover from 11 Configurations
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Cover from 11 Configurations” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 668.1964.12
In the catalog
Sources
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Jean Arp
The whole life1930s
From collage and relief to bronze and stone
From the 1930s Arp, who had worked in collage, assemblage and bas-relief, expanded his work to include bronze and stone sculpture; he also made small works of multiple elements that the viewer could pick up, separate and rearrange into new configurations.
1930s
A house in Clamart designed by Sophie Taeuber
In the 1930s Arp and Sophie Taeuber bought a plot of land in Clamart and built a house at the edge of a forest; Taeuber designed it, influenced by the Bauhaus, Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand.
1942
Flees German occupation for Zürich
In 1942 Arp fled his home in Meudon to escape the German occupation and lived in Zürich until the end of the war.
1943
The death of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in Zürich
In 1943 Sophie Taeuber-Arp died in Zürich, where the couple had moved to escape the occupation of France, of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
1946
Back to Meudon
After living in Zürich, in 1946 Arp again made Meudon his primary residence.
