Lot 176
  • 176

Arman

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Arman
  • Microorganism
  • axes métalliques et résine

  • 124 x 128 cm; 48 13/16 x 50 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1964.

Provenance

Gallery Richard Feigen, Chicago
Galerie Lawrence, Paris

Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1965

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Arman, 1964, no.7
Paris, Galerie Lawrence, Arman, 1965

Literature

Denyse Durand Ruel, Arman - Catalogue Raisonné III, 1963-1964-1965, Paris, 1994, p.117, no.221, illustré

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are some very minor thin scratches to the surface, only visible upon close inspection. There are a few bubbles of air inside the resin which are inherent to the artist's process. There are 2 small craquelures to the inside of the resin, perpendicular to the left edge at 49 and 64 cm from the bottom, inherent to the artist's process.
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Catalogue Note

metallic dowel pins in resin. Executed in 1964.