Birth of the Rock

medium: torn papers on cardboard
department: Contemporary Art
item width: 23.25
item depth: 1.25
item height: 29
creation date: 1958
provenance text: Jean Arp [1887-1966], Meudon, France [1]; purchased by Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1958 [2]. Notes: [1]. The work was exhibited (no. 19, illustrated in the catalogue, plate 10) in "The 1958 Pittsburgh Bicentennial International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture" held at Carnegie Institute, December 1958 - February 1959. [2]. Carnegie Institute purchased the collage from the International. It was accessioned on November 21, 1958.
accession number: 58.63
physical location: Not on View
credit line: Leisser Art Fund