Armand Fernandez aka ARMAN (1928-2005) - Lot 458

Armand Fernandez aka ARMAN (1928-2005) A vos Rangs FIZZ, 1993 Accumulation of old service bottles Siphons and tools in a metal box Single print 220 x 165 x 30 cm Provenance : - Given by the artist to his daughter. - Always in the family collection. Bibliography: Referenced by the Arman Foundation as a 1993 unique piece under number 1586. Exhibition: - Armanarmé" exhibition at Péronne, Historial de la Grande Guerre, from June 23 to December 12, 2004 (catalog book, 131 pages). - Exhibition "Armanarmé" repeated at Reims, Musée des Beaux-arts from May 7 to August 8, 2005 (book-catalogue taken from the Péronne exhibition in 2005). Please ask for condition reports before the sale: they are not included in the data sheets. Expert : Cabinet Maréchaux info@cabinetmarechaux.com + 33 1 44 42 90 10 A product of the École de Nice, the artist Arman (1928-2005) is renowned for his works of accumulation and destructuring. Less well known to the general public, however, is that he was a fervent collector: he could maintain as many as 16 collections simultaneously! Arman's meticulous collecting and attention to detail give his work a long-lasting, abundant character. So it's easy to understand his preoccupation with the accumulation of objects in the consumer society he was born into. But his ambiguous relationship with the object also had another side, that of destruction. This is demonstrated by his many Colères, symbols of rebellion against the great French classical tradition. The artist was interested in all the arts, not just sculpture. The three unique works offered for sale reflect the sculptor's poly-artistic tendency. Untitled, 1992 (lot 456), featuring an unstructured violin, celebrates his taste for music, while the accumulation A vos Rangs FIZZ, 1993 (lot 458) (an accumulation of old Siphons service bottles) testifies to his attachment to painting. In these works, the focus is on the tools of the trade - tools without which "high art" would be impossible (musical instruments, paint tubes, brushes) - revealing the behind-the-scenes aspects of the artistic act, too often overlooked or even hidden. This particular approach is reflected in a monumental work entitled Serious Painting from 1992, combining paintbrushes and a deconstructed bicycle (lot 457).