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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.432
People
Arman (Armand Pierre Fernandez), American (Nice, France 1928 - 2005 New York, New York)
Title
Venu$
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Female Torso
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1970
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Accumulation of money in a polyester form
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
96.5 x 30.5 x 24.1 cm (38 x 12 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Beldock, Levine & Hoffman, New York NY, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1979.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Beldock, Levine & Hoffman through the generosity of Elliot L. Hoffman
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.432
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Martin, Arman, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1973), no. 168, p. 183
  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, reproduced in b/w fig. 96, p. 100

Exhibition History

  • Modern Art at Harvard, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/21/1985 - 01/05/1986
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017
  • European and American Pop Art, 1955-1975, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/03/2015 - 01/03/2016

Verification Level

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