Modern Art & Design Presents Arman

"Liberté de Clinton" by Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez)

Signed Arman and numbered 1/1.Executed 1994. Sliced bronze of statue of Liberty and sliced bronze of saxophone welded together on an incorporated base.Green and gold patina, height 187 cm including the base. Registered at Arman Studio Archives New York under number: APA# 8306.94.010.

Fernandez Arman studied at Ècole du Louvre in Paris and was part of the so-called "New Realists", a group created by Pierre Restany and Yves Klein. The New Realists depicted mass-produced everyday objects and integrated them into their works. In the early 1960s, Arman made his breakthrough with his distinctive artworks consisting of randomly collected objects. These he called "Accumulations" and "Poubelle" (trash). They consisted of common and identical objects, which he arranged in plexiglass.

In his sculptures, he worked with compositions of objects, often musical instruments such as violins and saxophones. The auction's unique work has been influenced by former US President Bill Clinton, a passionate jazz lover and saxophonist.

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