ARMAN | Ordures au naturel

both signed, titled, numbered 46/150 and 48/150 and dated 72 on the labels, edition Mini-Galerie Carita, Paris, recorded in the Arman Studio Archives, New York, under number APA# 8016.72.018, garbage accumulation in 2 hermetic glass mason jars, rubber gasket, paper labels and sealing wax
(firmati, intitolati, numerati 46/150 e 48/150 e datati 72 sulle etichette, edizione Mini-Galerie Carita, Parigi, registrato presso gli Arman Studio Archives, New York, con il n. APA# 8016.72.018, accumulo di rifiuti in 2 barattoli ermetici di vetro, guarnizione di gomma, etichette di carta e ceralacca)

2 elelments
(2 elementi)

Jacques and Madeleine Matarasso Collection, Nice
Artcurial, April 1, 2014, lots 110 and 111, Post-War & Contemporain
Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)

Paris, Mini-Galerie Carita, Arman - Ordures au naturel, 1972

J-M. Bouhours, Arman, Paris 2010, p. 357, p. 135, illustrated in colour another exemplar (illustrato a colori un altro esemplare)
Germano Celant, Arman 1954-2005, Rome 2017, p. 137, n. 164 (illustrated another exemplar (illustrato un altro esemplare)

The labels are yellowed and partially faded, especially the ex. 48/150. There are small cracks along the rubber gaskets. (LE ETICHETTE SONO INGIALLITE E LE SCRITTE SONO PARZIALMENTE SBIADITE, SOPRATTUTTO SULL'ESEMPLARE 48/150. VI SONO PICCOLE CREPE SULLE GUARNIZIONI DI GOMMA.)
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