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Elbert WeinbergElbert Weinberg Bronze Head
Price:$2,000
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- Creator:Elbert Weinberg (1928 - 1991, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
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- Condition:it needs a base.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3822021233
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Arman is a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave to using them as the painting itself. He is best known for his "accumulations" and destruction/recomposition of objects. In October 1960, Arman, Yves Klein, François Dufrêne, Raymond Hains, Martial Raysse, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely and Jacques Villeglé, and art critic and philosopher Pierre Restany founded the Nouveau réalisme group. Joined later by Cesar, Mimmo Rotella, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Christo, the group of young artists defined themselves as bearing in common their "new perspective approaches of reality." They were reassessing the concept of art and the artist for a 20th century consumer society by reasserting the humanistic ideals in the face of Industrial Expansion.
In 1961, Arman made his debut in the United States, the country which was to become his second home. During this period, he explored creation via destruction. The "Coupes" and the "Colères" featured sliced, burned, or smashed objects arranged on canvas, often using objects with a strong "identity" such as musical instruments (mainly violins and saxophones) or bronze statues.
The son of an antiques dealer and amateur cellist, the artist absorbed an intense appreciation for music, the art of collecting and the cultivation of discriminating taste from an early age. After studies at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, Arman decamped to Paris to study art history at the Ecole du Louvre. His work in these early years focused on abstract paintings inspired by the work of Nicolas de Staël. An avid reader, Arman sought inspiration through books and art reviews, as well as during frequent road trips throughout Europe with his artist friends from Nice, Claude Pascale and Yves Klein.
1972
Arman, Paris, Fernand Hazan, collection "Ateliers d'aujourd'hui"
Otto Hahn
1973
Arman, New-York, Harry N. Abrams
French Edition : Pierre Horay, with text by Pierre Restany.
Henry Martin
1982
Arman: Conscious Vandalism / Vandalismo cosciente, Vérone, Edizioni Factotum-Art
Sarenco
1984
Arman, New-York, Abbeville Press
Jan Van der Marck
The Public Sculpture of Arman, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery
Frederic Ted Castle
Arman, Galerie Beaubourg, reprinted from the journal CiMayse, Paris, no. 170, May-July 1984.
"Accumulations by Arman", Art in America, New-York, vol. 71, no. 11, December 1983.
Frederic Ted Castle
1987
Arman, Paris, La Différence
Bernard LaMarche-Vadel
1988
Arman. 13 peintures / Arthur Rimbaud. Lettres du Voyant, Paris, La différence, collection "Tels qu'en eux-mêmes" (livre publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Arman. Peintures 87-88", Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, 1988).
Jan Van der Marck
1990
Arman Estampes, Paris, Editions Marval
Jane Otmezguine, Corice Canton Arman and Marc Moreau
1991
Arman, Catalogue raisonné II, Paris, La Différence
Denyse Durand-Ruel
1992
Mémoires accumulés d'Arman, Paris, Belfond
Otto Hahn
1993
Arman, Paris, La Différence, collection "Classiques du XXIème siècle"
Pierre Cabane
1994
Arman, Catalogue raisonné III, Paris, La Différence
Denyse Durand-Ruel
2004
Arman Inclusions, Bordighera, Edizioni Cudemo
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EXHIBITION CATALOGS
1959
Piccolo gioco administrativo del caso, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Apollinaire
1960
À toute allure, Arman. Allures d'objets, Pierre Restany, Paris, Gallerie Saint-GerMayn
1962
Arman et la logique formelle de l'objet, Arman, Pierre Restany, Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery
1963
Arman, Arman, Alain Jouffroy, Milan, Galleria Schwarz
1964
Introduction à la peinture d'Arman , Arman, Claude Pascal. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
1964
Arman, Yves Klein, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
Arman and Esthetic Change, Arman, Gene R. Swenson, New-York, Sidney Janis Gallery
1965
Arman, Paul Wember, Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange
1967
Arman: un acte de foi dans la spiritualité de la matière , Arman, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Illeana Sonnabend
1968
Arman, John Ashbery, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery
Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Schwarz
1969
Arman 1960-1965, Grégoire Müller, Paris, Galerie Mathias Fels
Arman. Accumulations Renault, François Mathey, Paris, Union centrale des Arts décoratifs
1970
Arman Accumulations Renault, Karl-Heinz Hering, Zurich, Kunsthaus
Arman piu' pittore che natura, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria dell'Ariete
1972
Objets de luxe et fétiches raisonnables, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Arte Borgogna
Arman : Les Moments d'Arman, Jacques Putman, Paris, Galerie de l'Œil
1973
Selected Activities, Peter Schjedahl, New-York, John Gibson Gallery
Oggetti di lusso e feticci ragionevoli, Arman, Pierre Restany, Galleria Arte Borgogna
Arman: An Archeologist of the Present, Arman. Jan Van der Marck, New-York, John Gibson Gallery
1974
Le juste poids d'un homme et d'une œuvre, Arman, Pierre Restany, Arles, Salles romanes du Cloître Saint-Trophime
Logician of Form / Magician of Gesture , Arman. Selected Works : 1958-1974, Jan Van der Marck, La Jolla, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Arman. Concrete Lyrics, Andrew J. Crispo, New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery
Arman et la logique formelle de l'objet , Arman, L'Œuvre graphique, Pierre Restany, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle
1975
Arman, Objets armés, 1971-1974, Jacques Lassaigne, Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
Arman. Lyrical Surfaces, Andrew J. Crispo, New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery
Arman's Violin-Service, A Game of Correspondances , Arman, Violin-Service, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Claude Tchou
Arman, Surgeon of the Mass-Productive Civilization, Arman, Yoshiaki Tôno, Nagoya, Galerie Valeur
1978
Arman. Hard & Soft, Jan Van der Marck, New-York, Andrew Crispo Gallery
The Iron Age and its Monuments, Arman. L’Age de fer et ses monuments, Daniel Abadie, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg
Accumulations : Radiant and Wretched, Arman. Accumulations, Shunkichi Baba, Nagoya, Galerie Valeur
1980
Petite histoire du collage et de l’assemblage , Arman. Sélection rétrospective, Otto Hahn, Cluse, Centre d’Art et de Culture de Flaine
Arman, Sélection rétrospective, Pierre Restany, Cluses, Centre d'Art et de Culture de Flaine
Zucche in carroze, Arman, Jan Van der Marck, Portofino, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna
1981
Arman : uno sguardo sempre nuovo sul mondo , Arman. Opere del 1979, Pierre Restany, Rome, Le Point Art Studio
1982
Fünfundszwanzig Jahre als Erfolg / Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur , Arman, Parade der Objeckte, Retrospektive 1955 bis 1982, Pierre Restany, Hanovre, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel
Arman. Le Traité du violon, Maurice Roche, Paris, Galerie Abel Rambert
Arman , Arman. Carvings and Drawings, Otto Hahn, Dublin, The Salomon Gallery
Arman. Papiers découpés 1982, Ted Castle, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg
Arman Retrospektiv , Arman. Parade der Objekte, Retrospektive 1955 bis 1982, Joachim Büchner et Bernhard Holeczeck, Hanovre, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel
Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto , Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, Walter Schönenberg, Lugano, Museo Civico di Belli Arti
1984
Vinticinque anni di felicità , in Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, Pierre Restany, Lugano, Museo Civico di Belle Arti
L’allure d’Arman , Arman, Daniel Abadie, Knokke le Zoute, Christian Fayt Art Gallery
Arman’s Apocalypse, Arman. The Day After, Sam Hunter, New York, Marisa del Re Gallery
A la recherche du concert perdu , Arman. Recent Sculptures, Michel Butor, Monte Carlo, Galerie Le Point
Arman, scultore del'réalisme sociétal , Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, André Verdet, Parme, Palazzetto Eucherio Santivale
1985
Un délire spiralé d'Arman , Arman, André Verdet, Zurich, Schöner Wohnen Haus Galerie
Transformation of Things, Arman, Mashashi Miura, Seoul, Walker Hill Art Center
A la recherche du concert perdu, Arman, Michel Butor, Genève, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci
Le jour après la colère, Arman, François Bazzoli, Toulon, Musée de Toulon
Arman, Claude Fournet, Toulon, Musée de Toulon
Arman Retrospektive, Adolph Hanspeter, Zurich, Galerie Pavillon Werd
1986
Arman’s Gods and Goddesses , Arman. Gods and Goddesses, Henry Geldzahler, New York, Marisa del Re Gallery
Arman: Hard & Soft Ware, Arman. Hard & Soft Ware, Pierre Restany, Paris, Courrèges
1987
Arman. Rythmes et Couleurs, Claude Fournet. Nice, Galerie Ferrero
1988
Opéras – rituels , Arman. Désordres lyriques, Georges Aperghis. Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favard
Désordres lyriques, Arman. Michel Beretti, Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favard
Arman as a Painter: From Guts to Geist, Arman Paintings, Pierre Restany, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery
1989
La seconde parade des objets , Arman Retrospektiv, Pierre Restany, Lunds, Lunds Kunsthall, Malmö, Galleri GKM
Arman. Shooting Colors, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg
Le montreur , Arman. Works 1955-1989, Jeffrey Robinson, Londres, The Mayor Gallery
Arman Sculpteur Designer, Jeffrey Robinson, Roanne, Galerie La Taille Douce
Arman. A Retrospective, Manuela Rossi, Seoul, Gana Art Gallery
Deux ans plus tard, Arman. Retrospektiv, Siwert Bergström, Lunds, Lunds Konsthall, Malmö, Galleri GKM
1990
Arman's Dirty Paintings , Arman. Dirty Paintings, Donald Kuspit, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery
Arman, Monochrome Accumulations 1986-1989, Donald Kuspit, New-York, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery
Arman: au pays de son inspiration, Dora Llipoulou-Rogan, Athènes, Galerie 3
Per Arman : un accumulo di ragioni, Arman, Manuela Rossi, Milan, Galleria Arte Borgogna
Grande Musique et Fortes Allures, Arman, Pierre Restany, Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery
1991
Arman: A Radical Portrait of Modernity , Arman 1955-1991 : A Retrospective, Pierre Restany, Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts
Arman: Bétons 1970-1974, Catherine Francblin, Paris, Galerie Georges-Philippe Valois
Arman: An Artist of Our Time , Arman 1955-1991: A Retrospective, Allison de Lima Greene, Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts
Painting as Object Art / Oggettistica in pittura, Arman in Italy, Achille Bonito Oliva, Milan, Fondazione Mudima
Arman: a Search for Beauty, Arman in Italy, Henry Martin, Fondazione Mudima
1993
Arman. Cycles, Donald Kuspit. New York, Marisa del Re Gallery
Arman, de l’objet…à la couleur-objet , Arman, Georges Dussaule, Cagnes sur Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg
Association d’image, Arman, André Froumessol, Cagnes sur Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg
Arman, Maxime Longrée, Charleroi, Galerie Pascal Retelet
De la peinture à la fleur, Arman, Michel Santinelli, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg
1994
La Nuit étoilée et Arman, Arman. La Nuit étoilée, Isabelle Sobelman, Pierre Nahon, Vence, Galerie Beaubourg
L’elenco appunto , La ceramica di Arman, Umberto Eco, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore
1995
La ceramica di Arman, Henry Martin, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore
Arman, un homo ludens en Grèce, Arman, Manos Stefanidis, Athènes, Galerie 3
La ceramica di Arman , La ceramica di Arman, Flaminio Gualdoni, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore
1996
Arman. Interactives, Caroll Janis, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery
1997
Arman: Accumulations in Relation, Patrick Pacheco, Londres, James Mayor Gallery
1998
Arman, Arman. Désordres Lyriques, Bernard LaMarche-Vadel, Paris. Opéra de Paris, Salle Favart
Esthétique du dandy des gadoues , Arman. Désordres Lyriques, Michel Tournier, Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favart
1998
Arman, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Arman, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Arman, Culturgest, Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Arman: Variations sur un Lénine, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris France
Arman: Concerto pour quatre pianos, Galerie John Gibson, November, 1999, New York United States
Arman: Nec mergitur, Galerie Piltzer, Paris, France
Arman, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël
Arman, Museu de arte moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Arman, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
Arman: Fragmentation of Pianos, Galerie John Gibson, New York United States
2000
Arman, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Arman: Racine carrée de fragments, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Arman, National Museum of History, Taipei, CHINA
Arman: Anatomie del Tempo, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Arman: Fragmentations, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris,
Arman: Works on Paper, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Arman: La Traversée des Objets, Chateau Musée de Villeneuve, Vence, France
Arman: Vingt Siècles vus par Arman, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France
2001
Arman, Fundaciò “la Caixa”, Barcelone, Spain
Arman, Zürichsee Auktionen, Erlenbach, Switzerland
Arman, Galerie Belmont, Films, Switzerland
Arman: Superpositions, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
Arman, Sandwich Combos, Malborough Gallery, New York, United States
Arman: En tout cas c’est de l’art, Galleria Dante, Padova, Italy
Arman: La Traversée des Objets, Palazzo delle Zitelle, Venise, Italy
Arman: Vingt Stations de l’Objet, Chantier Naval Opéra, Antibes
Arman: Works on Paper, Vila Zanders Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany
Arman: Through and Across Objects, Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Arman: Des Cycles de la Vie, Galerie Anne Lettree, LUXEMBOURG
Arman, Galeria De Arte Isabel Aninat, Santiago, CHILE
Arman, Die Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Arman: Vingt Siécles vus par Arman, Exposition au Chantier Naval Opera, Port Vabanantibes
Arman: Passage a L’Acte, MAMAC, Nice, France, June 14 – October 14, 2001.
2002
Arman: Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland
Arman: Africarmania, Arman et l’Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France
Arman: Dix Mots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, Switzerland
Arman: Œuvre Monumentale, Ville du Lavandou, Le Lavandou, France
Arman: Works on Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, Germany
Arman: Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France
2003
Arman: A Survey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, United States
Arman: Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d’Arte, Padova, Italy
Arman: Arman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, IRAN
Arman: Le plein de l’art, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, Milano, Italy
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Colin Webster-Watson (1926, Palmerston North, New Zealand – 2007, Eastbourne) Sculpture portrait of a head, This appears to be a native New Zealander, A Maori Warrior. It is not numb...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Modern Sculpture, The Family, Dancing, French German Artist Gerard Koch
Located in Surfside, FL
Untitled (Man, Woman and Child Dancing)
bronze on marble plinth base.
signed and numbered
Gerard Koch was a French Post War & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1926.
Gérard K...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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