Trumpet (1989) reflects Arman’s enduring fascination with musical instruments and the transformation of everyday objects into sculpture.

Cast in bronze, the work brings together multiple trumpet forms in a compact vertical composition. Repetition disrupts the instrument’s original function while emphasizing its curves, tubes and mechanical structure, turning a familiar musical object into an architectural sculptural form.

Music and musical instruments occupied a central place in Arman’s practice throughout his career. Through accumulation, fragmentation and repetition, he explored how ordinary objects could acquire new visual and symbolic meanings.

Produced in an edition of 100, Trumpet is a characteristic example of Arman’s sculptural vocabulary applied to the world of music.