ARMAN (Nice 1928-New York 2005) Lot n° 45

RENAULT ACCUMULATION-1967 Candle cords on wood painted white H. 160 cm, W. 121 cm, D. 20 cm Unique piece Provenance Private collection A similar work is reproduced on page 39 of the book written by Otto Hahn, Editions Hazan, 1972. "Basically, my colours are elements of our industrial production",. The history of the Renault collection began in 1967, and Régie Renault is developing a pioneering sponsorship program. The collection was built with the help of an art enthusiast, Claude Renard, who, like the American patronage, practiced a "Research, Art and Industry" department within the diamond firm with the agreement of its then president, Pierre Dreyfus. This department does not acquire art objects but sets up a collaboration between pioneering artists and Renault. The concept is as follows: the control room provides its technical and logistical support and makes the design elements of its cars (Renault 4 parts, etc.) available to artists. This collaboration began in 1967 . He will say on this subject: "I was dropped in my color store", he who will implement his production-consumption-destruction trilogy. He will carry out about a hundred accumulations called "Renault Accumulations", including this one made from spark plug wires.