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    PIERRE FERNANDEZ ARMAN (1928-2005)

    Double Gambit Table Base

    1986

    Bronze, 6/8
    80x80x75cm

    Signed Arman in English, numbered 6/8

    Estimate TWD 1,300,000-1,600,000
    USD 44,100-54,200
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 1,888,000
    USD 63,892
    HKD 0

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Exposition：This work is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York under number APA# 8401.86.011.

"You break a straightforward crate, and what you get is a Cubist composition, you break a cello, and you end up with something romantic. "
---Arman


Arman no longer uses instruments in her artworks in the 80s, instead she used green copper instruments to carve and sculpt. “Cutting” means decomposing the object, it is a brand new point of view and thoughts. Also, the object has its own rhythm after being cut. Arman views “accumulation” as a visual impact, it changes the form with quantity. it differs from the chosen and isolated. Arman’s accumulative art is open for society and culture, and presented in a rich and poetic form.

《Table Double Gambit Base》is created with green copper, two cellos intertwine, the other scattering parts become the components between two cellos and the support of the table. The hallow interior enabled the inner to become a part of the exterior. It breaks the form of interior and exterior, taking about the boundaries. Through Arman’s sculpture, an instrument is recreated and reinterprets the rhythm and melody of music. Viewing these re-structured green copper, viewers are able to listen to the unique melody of each sculpture.

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