Why it matters
Sophie Taeuber-Arp turned a craft object, a lathe-turned, painted wooden head, into an avant-garde sculpture. It is one of her best-known contributions to Zurich Dada and early geometric abstraction.
Did you know?
- It was made in 1920.
- It is painted wood.
- It has been in the Centre Pompidou since 2003.
Based on the Wikipedia article Tête Dada (CC BY-SA 4.0).