Garbage Can (Poubelle)

Arman · 1964

Here we have Garbage Can (Poubelle) — a work by Arman, nineteen sixty-four. The piece is multiple of trash and plexiglass box, about 60 by 40 centimeters. You can pick out the collage of cut paper. Arman was part of the Nouveau réalisme movement.

Medium Multiple of trash and plexiglass box · Dimensions overall (box): 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 4 7/16" (60 x 40 x 11.3 cm) · Credit Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 408: Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, Le Temps

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Notes 4 (C. I. A. Brand Bananas), Merz Picture 32 A. The Cherry Picture (Merzbild 32 A. Das Kirschbild), Great Indian Bazaar, L'Abbatoire No. VI (The Slaughterhouse No. VI), Give us this day / our daily bread (Unser täglich Brot / gieb uns heute) from The Lord's Prayer (Das Vater Unser), The Conjur Woman