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    28 May 2008

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    • ARMAN (1928-2005)
    Lot 115

    ARMAN (1928-2005)

    Portrait robot de France

    Price realised

    EUR 90,250

    Estimate

    EUR 20,000 - EUR 30,000

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    ARMAN (1928-2005)
    Portrait robot de France
    effets et objets personnels dans une boîte en plastique
    73 x 33 x 9 cm. (28¾ x 13 x 3½ in.)
    Réalisé en 1963.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Paris, Galerie Lawrence, Arman, mai 1963.


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    Saleroom Notice

    Cette oeuvre a fait l'objet des expositions suivantes:
    - Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Arman, septembre-novembre 1964.
    - La Jolla, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery; Forth Worth, Forth Worth Art Museum; Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, ARMAN, Selected works: 1958-1974, 1974-1975, No. 13 du catalogue d'exposition.
    - Nice, MAMAC, Arman, passage à l'acte, juin-octobre 2001.
    Cette oeuvre est illustrée dans l'ouvrage suivant:
    - J. van der Marck, Arman, New York, 1984, p. 59.
    - D. Durand-Ruel, Arman Catalogue raisonné II, Turin, 1991, No. 401 (illustré p. 185).
    Cette oeuvre est enregistré sous le No. 1337 des archives Denyse Durand-Ruel et est inscrite dans les Archives Corice Canton Arman sous le No. # 8015.62.005.
    This work has been exhibited as follow:
    - Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Arman', september-november 1964.
    - La Jolla, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery; Forth Worth, Forth Worth Art Museum; Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center; Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, ARMAN, Selected works: 1958-1974, 1974-1975, No. 13 in the exhibition catalogue.
    - Nice, MAMAC, 'Arman, passage à l'acte', june-october 2001.
    This work has been illustrated as follow:
    - J. van der Marck, 'Arman', New York, 1984, p. 59.
    - D. Durand-Ruel, Arman Catalogue raisonné II, Turin, 1991, No. 401 (illustrated p. 185).
    This work is registered in the Denyse Durand-Ruel archives under No. 1337 and in the Arman Archives under No. # 8015.62.005.


    Pre-Lot Text

    COLLECTION FRANCE CRISTINI

    Post Lot Text

    'PORTRAIT ROBOT DE FRANCE'; PERSONAL ITEMS IN A PLASTIC BOX.


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