Lot 138
  • 138

Arman

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Arman
  • Orbes en désordres
  • cornets à piston découpés et béton
  • 180 x 120 x 26 cm ; 70 7/8 x 47 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1974.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Arman Objets Armés, 1971 - 1974, 1975; catalogue, no.47, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. There are some natural stains of oxidation on the cornet fragments and some minor scattered paint losses on the concrete, only visible under close inspection. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

sliced cornets embedded in concrete. Executed in 1974.

" Pour Arman, l'option quantitative a une vertue expressive générale, incarnée tout entière dans le geste d'entassement, d'accumulation. ... Pour lui, les objets accumulés sont destinés à s'insérer dans l'équilibre harmonique d'une surface." (in Henry Martin, Arman, Ed.Abrams, Pierre Restany,1967-1968, Arman, p.8)