Manicured Relief

1. Acquired by Mary Reynolds (1891–1950), Paris, by 1950 [“List of Works of Art going to Chicago,” n.d., Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.1, Folder 4.2; photocopy in curatorial file]; by descent to Mr. Frank B. Hubachek (1894–1986), Chicago, 1950; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 21, 1951 [Committee on Painting and Sculpture meeting minutes, May 21, 1951; photocopy in curatorial file].

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, 1952.
• Münster, Germany, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Reliefs: Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, June 1–Aug. 3, 1980, cat. 70.
• Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.
• Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Center, The Nature of Arp, Sept. 15, 2018–Jan. 6, 2019; Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Apr. 13–Sept. 2, 2019, no cat. no.
• Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds, Mar. 29–July 13, 2025, fig. 11.

• Ionel Jianou, Jean Arp (Paris: Editions d’Art, 1973), 59 (not ill.).
• Ernst-Gerhard Güse and Nicola Borger-Keweloh, eds., Reliefs: Formprobleme zwischen Malerei und Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert, exh. cat. (Münster: Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 1980), 167, cat. 70 (ill.), as Relief manucure.
• Caitlin Haskell, ed., with Tamar Kharatishvili and Alivé Piliado Santana, Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 19, fig. 11 (color ill.).

Growth

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Configuration

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Torso-Kore

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Extremity of a Mythical Wineskin

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Poupée-basset

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Ramure (Branches or Antlers)

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Composition in a Circle

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Composition Gris, Noir, Rouge (Composition Gray, Black, Red)

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