{"product_id":"sophie-taeuber-arp-equilibre","title":"Sophie Taeuber-Arp - Equilibre","description":"\u003cp\u003eSwiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp \n(1889-1943) was a pioneer of 20th-century avant-garde. Remarkably \nversatile and immensely gifted, she produced an oeuvre that encompasses \nthe entire range of the modernist movement from applied and fine art and\n dance to architecture, interior design, and teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEqulibre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e,\n created in 1931, marks the beginning of Taeuber-Arp's career as an \naccomplished painter. She moves away from figuration to focus on shape \nand colour. Circle, square, and rectangle define her future vocabulary. \nWhile in her earlier textiles she used multiple shades and hues, she now\n reduces her palette to primary colours alongside black and white, \nsignalling a markedly changed sense of colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting's \nposthumous title emphasises Taeuber-Arp's constant striving for an ideal\n balance of colour, shape, and indeed all the elements in her paintings.\n From here, she sets out to explore movement, circles, and spaces, and \nlater gradations and lines. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEquilibre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, a \nlandmark of Taeuber-Arp's oeuvre, looks ahead to her future subject \nmatter, while at the same time referencing her earlier work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText in English and German.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54230487597400,"sku":"9783858816627","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783858816627_4d0a6411-9303-47fe-8ee9-090b3cb122ef.jpg?v=1764341148","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sophie-taeuber-arp-equilibre","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}