Lot Essay
This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under number: APA# 8002.61.006
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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ILEANA SONNABEND AND THE ESTATE OF NINA CASTELLI SUNDELL
Arman (1928-2005)
Bacille/Micro Organisms
Details
Arman (1928-2005)
Bacille/Micro Organisms
signed and titled 'BACILLE Arman' (on the reverse)
wood box construction--film spools, resin, Plexiglas and paint
26 3/4 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (68 x 85 x 6.5 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Bacille/Micro Organisms
signed and titled 'BACILLE Arman' (on the reverse)
wood box construction--film spools, resin, Plexiglas and paint
26 3/4 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (68 x 85 x 6.5 cm.)
Executed in 1961.
Provenance
The Estate of Ileana Sonnabend, acquired directly from the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
D. Durand-Ruel, Arman: Catalogue raisonné II 1960-1961-1962, Paris, 1991, pp. 104-105, no. 202 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Bordeaux, CAPC musée d'art contemporain; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; Hamburger Bahnhof; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; Geneva, Musée Rath; Tokyo, Sezon Museum of Art; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art; Hiroshima, Fukuyama Museum of Art and Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Collection Sonnabend: 25 Années de Choix et d'Activités d'Ileana et Michael Sonnabend, October 1987-February 1991, p. 155 (illustrated).
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