Lot 195
  • 195

Anthony Caro

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Anthony Caro
  • Table Piece CCCXCII
  • rusted and waxed steel
  • 52 by 140 by 46 cm. 20 1/2 by 55 by 18 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1977-78.

Provenance

Galerie Bogeslav von Wentzel, Cologne
Galerie Appel, Frankfurt
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Dresden, Militärhistorisches Museum, Abstrakt: Der Deutsche Künstlerbund in Dresden 1993, 41. Jahresausstellung, September - November 1993, p. 36, illustrated
Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Hommage an Horst Appel: Von Avramidis bis Zorio, December 1997 - January 1998, p. 96, illustrated

Literature

Dieter Blume, Ed., Anthony Caro: Catalogue Raisonné Vol. I: Table and Related Sculptures 1966-1978, Cologne 1996, p. 238, no. 408, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few short surface scratches in places, which are likely to be original. There is some light oxidation in places to the lower horizontal elements, and some media accretions in the recesses.
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