Lot 154
  • 154

Sir Anthony Caro

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Stroke
  • painted steel
  • 97 by 138 by 60cm.; 38¼ by 54¼ by 23 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1971.

Provenance

Kasmin Gallery, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1971

Literature

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonné Vol. III, Steel Sculptures 1960-1980, Cologne 1981, p. 212, no. 982, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to fully convey the three-dimensionality of the work. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a number of surface irregularities, original to the work's execution and inherent to the artist's chosen medium. Some fine dust fibres are adhering throughout, in particular to the recessed areas.
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