Arman – Homage To Yves Klein, 1993 – Ikb Violin Under Plexiglas – Hc 3/14

Arman (1928–2005)
Hommage à Yves Klein, 1993

Cut violin painted in the celebrated International Klein Blue (IKB), presented in a Plexiglas case.

This work is one of Arman’s most emblematic tributes to Yves Klein, his friend and fellow figure of the French avant-garde of the 1960s. Here, Arman revisits one of his most characteristic motifs, the musical instrument, fragmenting it and confronting it with the deep blue that became inseparable from Klein’s work.

The encounter between Arman’s artistic universe and that of Yves Klein gives this sculpture a particular place within the artist’s oeuvre: the destruction and recomposition of the object meet Klein’s radical monochromy.

Edition: H.C. 3/14
Edition of 99 examples + 14 E.A. + 14 H.C.

Arman Archives reference: APA# 8400.92B.086. The work will be accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the Arman Archives.

Dimensions: 66 × 32 × 22 cm

The work is preserved in its original Plexiglas case.

A particularly representative work illustrating the dialogue between two major figures of French art in the second half of the 20th century.