ARMAN (1928-2005) ARMAND FERNANDEZ DIT Accumulation, 1964 (Denise Durand-Ruel 2511) Inclusion of cuts of metal tubing in resin, signed and dated, mounted on metal plate, corners slightly damaged 19 x19 x 4 cm plate: 27.5 x 27.5 cm Exhibition: Arman. 1928-2205. Les inédits, collection Jean Ferrero, Cannes, Centre d'art La Malmaison, July 8, 2006-January 28, 2007, reproduced in the exhibition catalog Ed. Images En Manoeuvres Éditions, Marseille, 2006, p.32 This work is listed in the archives of Mrs. Denyse Durand-Ruel, under number 2511, and is reproduced in Volume III of the catalog raisonné: Arman par Denyse Durand-Ruel, Différence, Paris, 1993, no. 185.

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