Library and archive
The art archive and library of the Fondazione Marguerite Arp are located in the house-cum-workshop and hold an extraordinary collection of documents, photographs, rare editions and specialised literature on Jean Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Marguerite Hagenbach and the avant-garde movements of the 20th century.
Consultation hours
The library is open to scholars and specialists on Tuesday morning by appointment. The publications may only be consulted on-site.
Contact
Gian Franco Ragno, a librarian and art historian, is in charge of the cataloguing: biblioteca@fondazionearp.ch
Photo © Roberto Pellegrini
Library
Jean Arp and Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach’s library is the property of the foundation and contains around 7000 titles, including first editions of Jean Arp’s poetry books and many rare volumes and collections of important modern art magazines that offer a very specialised view of 20th-century art.
The bibliographic records are available online through the Ticino library system and can be consulted remotely using national and international library networks. Cataloguing is still in progress.
The reading room is on the ground floor of the house-cum-workshop and was designed by architects Michele and Francesco Bardelli of Locarno.
Library cataloguing was carried out with the support of Minerva Kunststiftung.
Consultation hours
The archive is open to scholars and specialists on Tuesday afternoon by appointment. The documents may only be consulted on-site.
Contact
Silke Balemi, an art historian and scientific associate: info@fondazionearp.ch
Photo © Roberto Pellegrini
Archive
The Fondazione Marguerite Arp has an important literary archive containing Jean Arp’s poetry and prose, and sets of correspondence between Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Marguerite Hagenbach with artists, gallerists and collectors, as well as notebooks, photographs and other documents.
The foundation supports scientific research, media and curators in their research.