Artist
Arman(American, born France, 1928–2005)American, 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
Object number2007.753
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignSpecial Collections
Object Type
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"
No apparent signature.
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