Lot 54
  • 54

Sergio Camargo (1930-1990)

Estimate
175,000 - 225,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Sergio Camargo
  • Untitled No 458
  • white Carrara marble
  • 23 1/8 by 10 3/4 by 12 3/4 in.
  • 58.7 by 27.3 by 32.3 cm
  • Executed in 1979.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Gabinete de Arte, São Paulo

Exhibited

Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulkenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo, August 1994; Høvikodden, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, February-March 1995; Copenhagen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, May-July 1995; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum September-October 1995; Camargo Sculptures
São Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Mira Schendel, Sergio Camargo and Willys de Castro, January 2000, p. 25, illustrated in color

Literature

Ronaldo Brito, Camargo,  São Paulo, 1990, p. 83 and p. 163, illustrated in color
Guy Brett and Ronaldo Brito, Camargo: Esculturas, Lisboa, 1994, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Two scuff/scratch marks to the surface, measuring approximately two-and-a-half inches in length each, are present on the top element. A diagonal "break"/fissure in the stone, measuring approximately two-inches in length, is present on the bottom element.
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