Lot 120
  • 120

Arman

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Arman
  • Monochrome nÂș 5008
  • signed on the overlap

  • pressed acrylic paint tubes on canvas

  • 116.5 by 88.9cm.; 45 7/8 by 35in.
  • Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Literature

Donald Kuspit, Arman: Monochrome Accumulations 1986-1989, New York 1990, p. 103, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and richer, with the dark plum tending more towards aubergine purple in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recordered in the Arman Studio Archives, New York under number APA# 8009.88.072 and the Denyse Durand-Ruel Archives under number 4441