Artist Monograph

Arman, American

American, born France. 1928–2005

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	13	43.3%
Screenprint	4	13.3%
Lithography	4	13.3%
Sculpture	2	6.7%
Drawing	2	6.7%
Photography	2	6.7%
Etching	1	3.3%
Printmaking	1	3.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	26	86.7%
Painting & Sculpture	4	13.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 11
Multiple — 8
Sculpture — 3
Illustrated Book — 3
Drawing — 2
Photograph — 2
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	16	59.3%
Large (1–3 m)	2	7.4%

Range: 4.5 cm → 213.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1970	2
1973	2
1977	2
1986	2
1987	1
1989	1
1996	9
2006	3
2007	1
2008	4
2012	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 30 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Boom! Boom! Sculpture Acc. 495.1970	1960	Plastic water pistols in plexiglass case	8 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 4 1/2" (21 x 59 x 11.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 2.95 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Full Up (Le Plein) Multiple Acc. 238.2006	1960	Multiple of sardine can filled with trash and exhibition invitation	overall: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8" (10.5 x 6 x 2.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Full Up (Le Plein) Multiple Acc. 237.2006	1960	Multiple of sardine can filled with trash and exhibition invitation	overall: 4 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8" (10.5 x 6 x 2.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Valetudinarian Sculpture Acc. 494.1970	1960	Pill bottles in a painted wood box with glass top	16 x 23 3/4 x 3 1/8" (40.4 x 60.2 x 7.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 9.53 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Dynamitage, performed during Fluxus Festival of Total Art and Comportment, Nice, July 27, 1963 Photograph Acc. 2050.2008	1963	Gelatin silver print	image and sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 15/16" (8.9 x 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Dynamitage, performed during Fluxus Festival of Total Art and Comportment, Nice, July 27, 1963 Photograph Acc. 2051.2008	1963	Gelatin silver print	image and sheet: 4 15/16 x 7 1/16" (12.6 x 17.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Garbage Can (Poubelle) Multiple Acc. 90.2007	1964	Multiple of trash and plexiglass box	overall (box): 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 4 7/16" (60 x 40 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Announcement for Arman, Galerie Lawrence, Paris, May 11, 1965 Multiple Acc. 3529.2008	1965	Resin cube with screws, nails, ball bearings, and printed text	1 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/16" (4.5 x 4 x 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Untitled Multiple Acc. 714.2012	1965	Multiple of cut shoes, mylar, and tape, in artist's original display box	overall: 13 x 17 13/16 x 2 3/4" (33 x 45.2 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Untitled Multiple Acc. 713.2012	1965	Multiple of cut shoes, mylar, and tape, in artist's original display box	overall: 13 x 17 13/16 x 2 3/4" (33 x 45.2 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Boom-Boom from New York International Print Acc. 275.1966.1	1966	Screenprint with pencil additions from a portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media	composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 x 21 5/8" (42.2 x 54.9 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 x 21 15/16" (43.1 x 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tanglewood Press
Tortured Color from S.M.S. No. 4 Multiple Acc. 460.1977.4b	1968	Multiple of plexiglass, offset lithographs, nuts and bolts, and plastic bag	Folded plastic bag: 6 15/16 x 6 1/8" (17.6 x 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
I Still Use Brushes Painting Acc. 202.2008	1969	Brushes embedded in plastic, in acrylic box	80 x 80" (203.2 x 203.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler
Black Toothbrushes Drawing Acc. 132.1973	1972	Charcoal and spray paint on paper	23 3/4 x 18" (60.3 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertram Smith
Technical Lace Drawing Acc. 133.1973	1972	Ink on paper	23 3/4 x 18" (60.3 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertram Smith
Accumulation Multiple Acc. 994.2005	1973	Multiple of rubber stamps and paper in wooden box with plexiglass lid	overall: 18 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 3 5/16" (47 x 32 x 8.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mary Ellen Oldenburg
Negative Camera Print Acc. 6.1996	1973	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled from The New Realists (Les Nouveaux réalistes) Print Acc. 291.1989.1	1973	Screenprint on plexiglass	composition: 19 11/16 × 19 11/16" (50 × 50 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 × 19 11/16" (50 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Thayer Bequest
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.46	1974, published 1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 30 1/16 x 22 5/16" (76.4 x 56.7 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/16" (76 x 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Constellation Number 18 Sculpture Acc. 137.1977	1976	Ball bearings embedded in plexiglass, in plexiglass frame	60 1/8" x 7' 1/8" x 1 5/8" (152.7 x 213.7 x 4.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and an anonymous donor
The Open Mouths (Les Bouches ouvertes) Print Acc. 7.1996	1976	Etching	plate: 11 5/8 × 12" (29.6 × 30.5 cm); sheet: 21 13/16 × 16 15/16" (55.4 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled from Romantic Suite Print Acc. 1.1986	1976	Lithograph	composition: 38 1/8 x 24 5/16" (96.9 x 61.7 cm); sheet: 37 13/16 x 24 5/16" (96 x 61.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel and June Rosenfeld (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Untitled from Romantic Suite Print Acc. 463.1985	1976	Lithograph	composition: 24 1/2 x 38 1/8" (62.3 x 96.8 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 38 1/8" (62 x 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel and June Rosenfeld (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Untitled Print Acc. 8.1996	c. 1978	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Black Values, Praying Mantis (Valeurs de noirs, Prey mantis) Print Acc. 9.1996.1	1980	One from a portfolio of two drypoints	plate: 14 1/4 × 10 1/2" (36.2 × 26.6 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 15/16" (57.6 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Black Values, Praying Mantis (Valeurs de noirs, Prey mantis) Print Acc. 9.1996.2	1980	One from a portfolio of two drypoints	plate: 14 1/4 × 10 1/2" (36.2 × 26.6 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 15/16" (57.6 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Black Values, Praying Mantis (Valeurs de noirs, Prey mantis) Print Acc. 9.1996.1-2	1980	Portfolio of two drypoints	plate (each): 14 1/4 × 10 1/2" (36.2 × 26.6 cm); sheet (each): 22 11/16 × 17 15/16" (57.6 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Arman estampes: catalogue raisonné Illustrated Book Acc. 71.1996.1-2	1990	Book with two drypoints	composition (each approx.): 9 15/16 × 8 1/16" (25.3 × 20.5 cm); sheet (each): 12 5/8 × 9 1/4" (32 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled from Arman estampes: catalogue raisonné Illustrated Book Acc. 71.1996.1	1990	Drypoint from a book with two drypoints	composition: 9 7/8 × 8 1/16" (25.1 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 1/4" (32 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled from Arman estampes: catalogue raisonné Illustrated Book Acc. 71.1996.2	1990	Drypoint from a book with two drypoints	composition: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16" (25.3 × 20.5 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 1/4" (32 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund