2867 - Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez) (1928 Nice – 2005 New York City)

Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez) (1928 Nice – 2005 New York City) "Hommage à Nadar." Original title Bronze, cast, with a black-gray patina, partially polished to a gold finish. Signed and numbered 27/95. Published by Diego Strazzer, Verona, 1986. Arman’s sculpture, situated between Surrealism and Pop Art and shaped like a dismembered bellows camera, is intended as a tribute to the photography pioneer Nadar. Arman, the prominent French-American object artist and representative of Nouveau Réalisme, was one of the co-founders of the “Les Nouveaux Réalistes” movement in 1960, alongside Yves Klein, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely, and others. He also maintained connections with Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, as well as with the Düsseldorf ZERO group—including Günther Uecker—and the Fluxus movement. Within this broad, international context, he created an extremely multifaceted body of work that encompasses not only object art but also painting, performance art, monumental art, and multiples. Arman was represented at Documenta 3, 4, and 6. Major retrospectives celebrated his work during his lifetime, and another retrospective took place in 2010 at the Centre Pompidou. H. 31.5 cm. W. 55 cm. D. 23 cm. Patinated bronze. Signed and numbered.