Hard Soft by Arman (4 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. 1978 Andrew Crispo Gallery (New York), 9 x 10 1/4 inches tall paperbound in color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and reproductions of artwork, [48] pp. Moderate foxing, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight creasing to tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP02~ [1.0P] Exhibition catalog for French and American artist Arman (born Armand Fernandez), a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (cachets, allures d'objet) to using them as the artworks themselves. He is best known for his Accumulations and destruction/recomposition of objects. Arman can be seen in Andy Warhol's film Dinner at Daley's, a documentation of a dinner performance by the Fluxus artist Daniel Spoerri that Warhol filmed on March 5, 1964. There were varied expressions of the Accumulations, including tools, watches, clocks, furniture, automobile parts, jewelry, and musical instruments in various stages of dismemberment. Musical instruments, specifically the strings and bronze, through his collaboration with a foundry in Normandy, France, became a major theme in Arman's work. Of Arman's Accumulations, one of the largest is Long Term Parking, which is on permanent display at the Château de Montcel in Jouy-en-Josas, France. Completed in 1982, this 60-foot high sculpture consists of 60 mostly French cars set in 40,000 pounds of concrete. Just as ambitious was his 1995 work Hope for Peace, which was specially commissioned by the Lebanese government to commemorate 50 years of their military's service. Standing in once war-torn Beirut, the 32-metre monument consists of 83 tanks and military vehicles.

Softcover, unpaginated, very good condition, light rubbing to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Ausstellungskatalog Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York 1978. 4°. 21 Blatt. OBroschur. Verzeichnet 35 Arbeiten, alle abgebildet.

Condition: Good. 4to. 48 pp. Very Good. Soft cover. Illustrated paper wraps. Shelf wear and light rubbing. Color and B&W plates throughout. (Autographed by Peter Selz on inside front cover).From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019).