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A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Arman

Violin Service (Violon Ménagère)

Auction Closed

March 2, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection

Arman

1928 - 2005


Violin Service (Violon Ménagère)

incised with the artist's signature on the perspex; incised with the artist's signature and numbered 47/99 on each piece of cutlery

glass, perspex, sectioned violin, velvet-lined drawers and 116 pieces of silver-gilt cutlery

overall: 89.1 by 56.2 by 29.7 cm. 35⅛ by 22⅛ by 11¾ in.

Executed in 1973, this work is number 47 from an edition of 99.


This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under number APA# 3050.71.004.

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 7 May 1997, Lot 220
Acquired from the above by the present owner