ARMAN | Allure d'objets

ink on paper laid down on canvasExecuted in 1958. This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under number APA# 1002.58.096This work is registered in the archives of Madame Denyse Durand-Ruel under number 1006 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. 

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owners

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1960 Nouveaux Réalistes, 1986; catalogue, p. 115, no. 2, illustrated
Vence, Château de Villeneuve; Venice, Isola della Giudecca, Arman, la traversée des objets, 2000-2001; catalogue p. 38 & 42, illustrated
Paris, Centre Pompidou, Arman, 22 September 2010-10 January 2011; catalogue, illustrated

Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Arman, p. 77, Paris, 1987, illustrated
Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Arman, p. 77, Paris, 1998, illustrated
Denyse Durand-Ruel, Arman, Catalogue Raisonné I, 1954-1959, Torino, 2005, p. 110, illustrated 

The colours are fairly accurate although the background is slightly warmer. There are a number of creases in keeping with the artist's choice of medium mostly located on the extreme edges. Further inspection also reveals tiny dents and tears at the extreme edges, which are covered with tape. There is a surface abrasion to the center of the lower edge. Tiny stains are scattered throughout the surface and drying cracks are visible under close inspection. A rub mark is visible along the edge below the signature in the lower right corner. There are traces of restauration to the sheet of paper visible under close inspection in the left half of the work.
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The whole work built from the idea of directed chance.