Sophie Taeuber-Arp Research Project (STARP)

SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP. CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ

For this project SIK-ISEA is working in partnership with the Fondation Arp in Clamart, the Fondazione Marguerite Arp in Locarno and the Stiftung Arp e. V. in Berlin. These three foundations tasked with managing her estate and Walburga Krupp, an acclaimed specialist in the work of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, have made their abundant archive holdings available and are supporting the team at SIK-ISEA with their expertise. The project aims to produce a catalogue raisonné of the complete works of Taeuber-Arp in English in both printed form and in a freely accessible digital version.

SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP – MATERIAL UND TECHNIK ZWISCHEN TRADITION UND INNOVATION

This project examines the production methods and materialities of artworks by the Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp. This will be the first-ever time that the complete oeuvre of a significant modernist woman artist has been the subject of comprehensive research from the perspective of art technology. Gaining knowledge about her working techniques, processes and materials can help us to clarify disputed datings and to determine the original function, authenticity and intentions of her artworks. It will also contribute to the appropriate preservation of her works.