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Sophie Taeuber-Arp: La Règle des Courbes (The Rule of Curves)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Motif abstrait. Composition verticale-horizontale, 1925.

26 bis Rue François 1er, 75008 Paris, France

Although Sophie Taeuber (1889–1943)—more commonly known as Sophie Taeuber-Arp because of her marriage to Jean Arp—is best known for her paintings of geometric abstractions. But she was very much a jack of all trades: sculptor, designer, dancer, choreographer, puppeteer. “I think I have spoken enough to you about serious things,” she once said, “which is why I speak [now] of something to which I attribute great value, still too little appreciated—gaiety.” Hauser & Wirth Paris presents 45 works that span four decades of her output—drawings, paintings, gouaches, and wooden reliefs. It’s the gallery’s first solo show of Taeuber-Arp’s art. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: Jon Etter Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth and Hauser & Wirth © Stiftung Arp e.V., Berlin/Rolandswerth