Arman. (1928-2005) Cello Fragment, 1999

Arman. (1928-2005)

Cello Fragment, 1999

India ink on paper. Work: 30.5 x 23.5 in (77.47 x 59.69 cm); Frame: 37.5 x 29.75 in (95.25 x 75.57 cm). In artist's original frame with studio label on verso. Offered with certificate of authenticity from Arman Studio Archives.

The French-born American artist moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave ("cachet", "allures d'objet") to using them as the paintings themselves. He is best known for his "accumulations" and destruction/recomposition of objects, often using objects with a strong "identity" such as musical instruments (mainly violins and saxophones) or bronze statues. The present painting is both unusual in its method and at the same time highly representative of the artist's musical oeuvre, the instruments here arrayed playfully as though themselves musical notes. (16490)

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