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157

Arman

Paintbox; and Hommage à Duchamp: To and for Rose Selavy

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000
Lot Details
Two works, including one complete set comprised of a wooden box containing four accumulations of artist’s materials in polyester, two screenprints on Plexiglas, one offset lithograph on Rives BFK paper, and one etching on Arches paper, the full sheets or with full margins, and one set of three accumulations of sliced chess pieces, cigars, and photographs embedded in Plexiglas, in a portable chess board box made of wood,
1970 and 1972
paintbox: 16 x 21 in (40.6 x 53.3 cm); Duchamp: 18 x 9 x 3 3/4 in (45.7 x 22.9 x 9.5 cm)
all paintbox accumulations and prints on Plexiglas incised with signature and annotated `AP 9/10', the prints on paper signed and numbered in pencil (artist's proofs, the edition was 125), edited by Abrams Original Editions and published by The Philadelphia Museum of Art, all Duchamp incised with signature and annotated `AP' (one of 15 artist's proofs, the edition was 90), Duchamp is lacking the leather chessboard and original plastic stands.
Catalogue Essay
Prints in Paintbox include: Brushing Aside; At the Point of the Knife; Sharp Art; and Squeezing the Tube

Paintbox is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives NY under number: APA#8400.70.018
Hommage à Duchamp is recorded in the Arman Studio Archives NY under number: APA# 8400.72.036