Château d'oiseaux (Bird Tower)

This intimate marble work is characteristic of the smooth, organic, non-representational forms first produced by Arp in the early 1930s. The sensual curves of the volumes and the masterly treatment of the surface bring out the beauty of the material. Like all of Arp's works, this sculpture was given its poetic title after it was finished as a result of the image it evoked. He made a larger version (now in a private collection) the same year, along with five bronze casts after the smaller work.