This is a superb original signed and numbered limited
edition color lithograph by internationally acclaimed artist FERNANDEZ ARMAN (1928-2005), dating
from 1970.
This rare original color lithograph is entitled “Eclipse d'eclisses” (Otmezguine-Moreau
25), and is hand signed in pencil by the artist on the front lower right
“Arman”. It is also numbered in pencil on the lower left “185/300”, from the
total limited edition of only 300 impressions printed on vélin d'Arches paper. It
measures 19” x 26” and is unframed. It is in excellent condition aside from
light toning in spots. Authenticity is GUARANTEED. Packing, shipping and
insurance is $30.00 within the US only, international shipping is $58.00. Please view my other auctions and eBay store for
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Arman (née Armand Pierre Fernandez) was born in 1928 in
Nice, France. Arman’s foundation as an artist began in 1949, when he
spent time painting in the Surrealist style at the École du Louvre. By 1958,
Armand was making his mark on the art world as a painter and sculptor, who retained
a printer’s misspelling of his name and referred to himself as Arman. In
1960, Arman, along with his influential circle of friends, founded the Nouveau
Realist movement unified in their notion of “new perspective approaches of
reality.” The group set out to reassess the role of art in a consumerist
20th Century society and reinsert humanism in the face of
industrial expansion. In 1961, Arman made his debut in the United States with
his first major group exhibition The Art of Assemblage, at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York. From 1961 onwards, he explored
creation via destruction. Namely, the "Coupes" and the
"Colères" which included sliced, burned, or smashed objects arranged
on canvas, often using objects with a strong “identity” such as musical
instruments, bicycles, even automobiles. Arman has created monumental
public installations worldwide, notably, Long Term Parking, a
50-foot-high column of concrete that encases dozens of cars created in 1982 in
the Parisian suburb of Jouy-en-Josas. Arman’s work is included in
numerous public and private collections and has been exhibited internationally
at museums and institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Lo Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California;
and the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. In the fall of
2010, the Centres Pompidou, Paris held a massive Arman retrospective.
Arman died in 2005 at the age of 77.
