Lot 85
  • 85

Anthony Caro

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Anthony Caro
  • Table Piece Y-84 "Small Measure"
  • welded steel, waxed
  • 31 by 22 by 9 in. 78.7 by 56 by 23 cm.
  • Executed in 1987.

Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1988

Exhibited

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Anthony Caro: New Sculpture, The Greek Series, April - June 1988, pl. 5, illustrated

Literature

Dieter Blume, ed., Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonné: Vol. VII, Table and Related Sculptures 1986-1988, Miscellaneous Sculptures 1987-1988, Bronze Sculptures 1986-1987, Steel Sculptures 1987-1989, Cologne, London and New York, cat. no. 1814, pp. 28 and 111, illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sculpture, September - October 1988, p. 101, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All of the elements are well intact. There is variation to the surface and patina of the assembled elements, due to the found nature of the materials and artist's working method. There are a few faint scattered surface scratches and some areas of minor oxidation noted.
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