Lot 142
  • 142

Anthony Caro

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Anthony Caro
  • Table Piece CCCCXXXVI
  • rusted and varnished steel
  • 11 3/4 by 34 by 14 in. 29.8 by 86.4 by 35.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1977-1979.

Provenance

Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1981)
Private Collection, Menlo Park (by descent from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, April 2, 2008, lot 222
Van Doren Waxter, New York
Private Collection, St. Louis

Literature

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro Catalogue Raisonné Vol. II, Cologne, 1981, cat. no. 485, p. 121, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. ‎There is some oxidation present along the surface, inherent to the artist's chosen medium. Some light dust has settled in the crevices. There are some scattered surface accretions and light unobtrusive abrasions visible under close inspection.
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