Blue and White Stamps, 1957/58
ArtistArman,
Nice
1928–2005
New York
Stamping ink and silver bronze on packing paper, mounted on canvas
(H x W)136 × 150 cm
About the workA wild jumble of shapes and numbers spreads across the canvas. For this work, the French artist Arman used everyday items such as packing paper and a stamp. He began this series of stamp pictures in 1955, setting himself apart from classical painting with ready-made print patterns that were supposedly “unworthy of art”. Arman lived and worked in Nice as a member of the Nouveaux Réalistes (New Realists). This group of artists was united in their aim to integrate the everyday into art through the utilisation of ordinary objects.
AccessionAcquisition 1974
Provenance[...]; 1974 angekauft von der Galerie Zwirner, Köln
Inventory number0.1974.14
