Lot 123
  • 123

Carl Andre

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Description

  • Carl Andre
  • Field
  • ceramic magnets, 630-unit rectangle (15 x 42), on floor; 15 stretcher x 42 header 
  • each: 1/2 by 1 by 2 7/8 in. 1.3 by 2.5 by 7.3cm.
  • overall: 1/2 by 42 by 43 1/8 in. 1.3 by 106.6 by 109.5cm.
  • Executed in 1966, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and dated New York, 10 Oct 2001.

Provenance

Dwan Gallery, New York
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in November 1966

Exhibited

New York, Dwan Gallery, 10, 1966, cat. no. 1, illustrated twice (as the original 645-unit rectangle 15 x 43 installation)
New York, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Carl Andre, 1966  (as the original 645-unit rectangle 15 x 43 installation)

Literature

Eva Meyer-Hermann, ed., Carl Andre Sculptor 1996, Krefelder Kunstmuseen & Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, February-April 1996, pp. 158 and 241/242
Exh. Cat., Bern, Kunsthalle, Carl Andre Sculpture 1958-1974, April-June1975, p. 20, no. 1966.10, illustration of the original 645-unit rectangle (15 x 43) installation