Sophie Taeuber-Arp and the Avant-Garde: A Biography

by Roswitha Mair and Damion Searls

Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a quiet innovator whose fame has too often been yoked to that of her husband, Jean Arp. Over time, however, she has slowly come to be seen as one of the foremost abstract artists and designers of the twentieth century. The Swiss-born Taeuber-Arp had a front row seat to the first wave of Dadaism and was, along with Mondrian and Malevich, a pioneer of Constructivism. Her singular artwork incorporated painting, sculpture, dance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022631121X
• ISBN13: 9780226311210
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"