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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699lots offered2001–2026years recorded67%sold (348)$4.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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OHNE TITEL (KONZERTFLÜGEL)Lempertz · May 2008€99,600≈ $154,460≈ £78,287Sign up to see
Café SerréKornfeld · Sep 2024CHF 95,000≈ $112,148≈ £85,498≈ €101,207Sign up to see
ViolinPhillips · Nov 2013$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).

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Average price

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median $4.5kfree account

High

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Lots sold

348

of 521 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

67%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

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