Arman (1928-2005)
Untitled
signed 'arman' (lower right)
brushes and acrylic on canvas on wood
40⅛ x 24¾in. (102 x 63cm.)
Executed in 1988

This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under no. APA# 8010.88.006 and is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel archives under no. 10144.

Provenance:
Galerie Ferrero, Nice.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997.

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Specialist Notes:

‘Arman’s work is an act of comprehension with respect to the world around it, and as such it is necessarily ritualistic. Arman has made the statement that every object has a kind of ‘critical mass’ that determines how many examples of the object must be brought together before the object can no longer be seen or, on the other hand, it can really be seen for the first time. Arman’s work is a continuous process of demystification, a continuous rite of purification, a continuous process of seeing the object for the first time’ (H. Martin, Arman, New York 1973, p. 53).

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