Snake bread
(Pain de serpent)
(1942); cast (late 1960s)
Medium
plaster
Measurements
13.5 × 25.0 × 18.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the Stiftung Arp e. V., 2023
© Jean Arp/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Inscription
inscribed (vertically) in purple fibre-tipped pen on base c.r.: PAiN DE / SERPENT
Accession Number
2023.679
Department
International Sculpture
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