A sculpture of wooden rectangles housed in a gray cardboard box with text in black ink.
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The cover of the cardboard box is printed with black outlining four rectangles and one square. The rectangle at the top reads “Arden Quin.” The second rectangle is blank, the third is light blue, the fourth is brown, the square has the text “Hop! Hop!” printed in the center. The wooden rectangles have words or phrases printed on them, the texts include, “a fini pour s’exercer,” “son action de partage au – dela elle deviant,” “forme me semble n’etre,” “favorable,” “cri prismatique,” ira voir et revoir,” “le moi est un leurre,” vous repassez.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.149
People
Carmelo Arden Quin, Uruguayan (Rivera, Uruguay 1913 - 2010 Savigny-sur-Orge, France)
Title
Hop Hop!
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1950
Culture
Uruguayan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340155

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted cardboard and wood
Dimensions
5.1 x 14 x 11.4 cm (2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carmelo Arden Quin (1951-2010) sold to; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University (2010-2012) transferred to; Harvard Art Museums, 2012
NOTE: Information about acquisition provided by Jose Falconi, Curator for David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Estrellita Bograd Brodsky Fund for Latin American Art and Culture and Gustavo E. Brillembourg Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.149
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Maria Crisitina Rossi, ed., Carmelo Arden Quin: En La Trama Del Arte Constructivo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022), pp. 118-119, ill. color

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, 04/07/2017 - 10/12/2017

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