Arman
American · 1928–2005 · Painter, Printmaker
Arman was a French and American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave to using… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
OHNE TITEL (KONZERTFLÜGEL)Lempertz · €99,600≈ $154,460≈ £78,287Sign up to see
Café SerréKornfeld · CHF 95,000≈ $112,148≈ £85,498≈ €101,207Sign up to see
ViolinPhillips · $75,000≈ £47,164≈ €55,837Sign up to see
Arman’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
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Price trend
3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
178 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
3 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 65 | 51 | 78% | $22.2kSign up | $19.7kSign up | $154kSign up |
| Oil | 3 | 1 | 33% | $17.6kSign up | $17.6kSign up | $17.6kSign up |
| Acrylic | 41 | 32 | 78% | $17.6kSign up | $19.8kSign up | $42.7kSign up |
| Mixed media | 14 | 12 | 86% | $37kSign up | $21.8kSign up | $154kSign up |
| Works on paper | 12 | 11 | 92% | $5.5kSign up | $4.3kSign up | $11.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 4 | 3 | 75% | $9.6kSign up | $11.5kSign up | $11.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 6 | 6 | 100% | $4.4kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $9.9kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 90 | 81 | 90% | $2.4kSign up | $563Sign up | $69.9kSign up |
| Etching | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $381Sign up | $5kSign up |
| Lithograph | 17 | 17 | 100% | $592Sign up | $508Sign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 43 | 38 | 88% | $1.6kSign up | $441Sign up | $29.7kSign up |
| Print (other) | 15 | 14 | 93% | $6.2kSign up | $755Sign up | $69.9kSign up |
| Multiple | 12 | 9 | 75% | $3.2kSign up | $3kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Photograph | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Sculpture | 161 | 122 | 76% | $10.3kSign up | $5.1kSign up | $75kSign up |
| Other | 192 | 83 | 43% | $11.5kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $112kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 30 | $4.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 63 | 40 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2024 | 47 | 38 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2023 | 47 | 38 | $2kSign up |
| 2022 | 26 | 17 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2021 | 34 | 20 | $5kSign up |
| 2020 | 30 | 21 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 30 | 20 | $6.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 26 | 12 | $9.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 27 | 11 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2016 | 23 | 10 | $5.8kSign up |
| 2015 | 17 | 9 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2014 | 12 | 5 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 19 | 9 | $21.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 20 | 5 | $20kSign up |
| 2011 | 11 | 10 | $9.3kSign up |
| 2010 | 7 | 6 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | $9.1kSign up |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | $46.5kSign up |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | $20.8kSign up |
| 2006 | 9 | 8 | $17.9kSign up |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | $4.7kSign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | $363Sign up |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | $4kSign up |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $839Sign up |