Lot 166
  • 166

Arman

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Arman
  • Générateur à accélération sympathique
  • signed and dated 63 on the top
  • brass springs in plastic stela
  • 69 x 13 x 26 cm; 27 3/16 x 5 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1963.

Provenance

Galleria del Leone, Venice
Galleria Schwartz, Milan
Galerie Mathias Fels, Paris
Galerie Tarica, Paris
Sale: Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, 3 December 1987, lot 1084
Sale: Christie's, London, 22 February 1990, lot 368
Galerie Véronique Maxé et Albert Benamou, Paris
Sale: Perrin Royère Lajeunesse, Versailles, 21 April 1991, lot 74
Private Collection, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Véronique Maxé, Pièges détournés, sculptures, cont, 1990
Paris, Galerie Véronique Maxé, Arman, Accumulations, colères 1960-1975, 1992

Literature

Denyse Durand-Ruel, Arman, Catalogue Raisonné III, Paris, 1994, p. 131, no. 276, illustrated

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. All elements seem stable. The overall sculpture is slightly dusty. The plastic base presents some imperfections certainly inherent to the medium. The wooden base presents few losses. This work is in good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the Archives of Denyse Durand-Ruel under number 609.