Editing Jean Arp (section)

=== Success ===
Arp visited New York City in 1949 for a solo exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery, and this coincided with a general international recognition of his work. In 1950 he was invited to execute a relief for the [[Harvard University]] Graduate Center in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], and would also be commissioned to do a mural at the [[UNESCO]] building in Paris. Arthur and Madeleine Lewja, of [[Galerie Chalette]], who had known Arp in Europe, became his gallery representatives in New York in the late 1950s, and were instrumental in establishing his reputation on the American side of the Atlantic.<ref>[https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/galerie-chalette-records-6103/series-2 ''Galerie Chalette records, 1916–1999: Artist's Files, 1916–1996,'' Archives of American Art, The Smithsonian, Washington, DC]</ref>

In 1958, a retrospective of Arp's work was held at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York City, followed by an exhibition at the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] in Paris in 1962. In 1972, the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcased Jean Arp's work from the Lejwa's collection and a few works lent by Arp's widow, Marguerite Arp. The exhibition was expanded and traveled as "Arp 1877–1966," first exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and then shown in seven museums in the United States and six in Australia.<ref>[https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/galerie-chalette-records-6103/historical-note ''Galerie Chalette records, 1916–1999: Historical Note,'' Archives of American Art, The Smithsonian, Washington, DC]</ref> Organized by the [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]] and the Wurttembergischer Kunstverein of Stuttgart, a 150-piece exhibition titled "The Universe of Jean Arp" concluded an international six-city tour at the [[San Francisco Museum of Modern Art]] in 1986.<ref>Zan Dubin (27 December 1987), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-27-ca-31677-story.html Arp Retrospective in S.F.] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>