Sans titre, 1993
Arman   Best sellers Master Artists

Sculpture : bronze · 69 x 56 x 15 cm 27.2 x 22 x 5.9 inch

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Sculpture : numbered and limited to 12 copies

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69 x 56 x 15 cm 27.2 x 22 x 5.9 inch Height x Width x Depth

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A major figure of Nouveau Réalisme, Arman profoundly shaped the history of 20th-century art through his exploration of the object, accumulation, and deconstruction. From the 1960s onward, he developed the series and , in which he fragmented, sliced, or destroyed everyday objects in order to reveal their symbolic and poetic charge.

This 1993 sculpture fully embodies this approach. Composed of cast bronze violins that were cut and then reassembled, the work plays on the tension between destruction and recomposition. The instrument, an emblem of classical culture and harmony, is fragmented and then reconstructed, giving rise to a dynamic, almost choreographic form in which the material seems to vibrate despite its fixity.

An original artwork (8 copies plus 4 artist's proofs), this sculpture bears witness to Arman's enduring interest in music, a recurring theme in his work, and to his ability to transform familiar objects into powerful, timeless sculptural compositions.

Arman

France  • 1928  - 2005
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Arman, whose real name is Armand Pierre Fernandez, was born on November 17, 1928 in Nice. Son of an antiques dealer and art lover, he was introduced to art and music , which will greatly influence his career. At the age of ten, he began painting. He continued his studies at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, where he met Yves Klein, then at the École du Louvre in Paris, specializing in archeology and Asian art.

In the early 1950s, Arman began his career as a painter , signing his first works with his full name before adopting the pseudonym Arman in homage to Van Gogh. In the 1950s, he gradually turned away from painting to explore other mediums. In 1960, he co-founded the New Realists movement with Yves Klein , César , Pierre Restany, and others, advocating the use of everyday objects in art.

In 1959, Arman created his first "accumulations", sculptures composed of numerous identical objects cast in plexiglas. These works highlight overconsumption and the ephemeral nature of products in a society of abundance. At the same time, he developed his "angers" and "combustions" from 1962, where he destroyed objects to reconstruct them in an artistic way, thus exploring destruction as much as accumulation.

Arman settled in  New York in 1961, where he had his first exhibition. Despite his installation in the United States, he continues to return regularly to Europe to exhibit his works. His monumental sculptures occupy public spaces in nearly a hundred cities around the world, such as "Long Term Parking" in France and "L'Heure de tous" in Paris. A retrospective of his work was organized at the Center Pompidou in 2010, among other major international exhibitions.

Arman became an American citizen in 1973. He received the Legion of Honor in 1989 and continued to influence the art world until his death on October 22, 2005 in New York. His work, which also includes engravings and lithographs , is present in the collections of many prestigious museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Center Pompidou. His works continue to inspire and provoke reflections on consumption and the status of objects in modern society.

In 2024-2025, his influence endures with exhibitions at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Strasbourg (Tribute to Cubism) and the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation.

His work continues to inspire, as evidenced by Arman Méliès' performance at the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris in April 2025. His monumental sculptures and iconic creations, showcased at the Centre Pompidou, MoMA New York, and the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Nice, continue to break records at auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's.

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