Arman
Four Stages of Conversation

Four Stages of Conversation

© Corice Arman Trustee Arman Marital Trust

Four Stages of Conversation
Four Stages of Conversation
ArtistAmerican, born France, 1928–2005
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Four Stages of Conversation
Date1994
MediumEarthenware and wood
DimensionsOverall: 49 5/8 × 55 × 7 5/8 in. (126 × 139.7 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineGarth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2007.753
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Garth Clark Gallery]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Exhibition History"Arman Ceramics," Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, 1994.

Garth Clark Gallery, New York, October 1998.

Greene, Alison de Lima, Pierre Restany, and Arman. Arman 1955–1991: A Retrospective. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1991.

"Visitors to Clay," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, 18 January - 8 March 2003.

"The Scholar's Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 16 May - 1 September 2008.

"Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics: The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 4 March - 3 June, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
White label on back with printed and typed text: "ARMAN STUDIO / 430 WASHINGTON STREET / NEW YORK, NY 10013 / Arman 1994 / Four Stages of Conversation / APA# 8402.94.011 / Medium: Glazed Ceramic / Dimensions: 126 x 145 x 21 cm"
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