Lot 194
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Anthony Caro

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anthony Caro
  • Can Co Rusty Nine
  • stoneware
  • 27.9 by 27.9 by 73.7 cm. 11 by 11 by 29 in.
  • Executed in 1975.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the artist)
Sotheby's, New York, 24 September 2014, Lot 145
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art; Edmonton Art Gallery, New Works in Clay by Contemporary Painters and Sculptors, January - April 1976, p. 27, illustrated
New York, Garth Clark Gallery; Chicago, Perimeter Gallery, Anthony Caro: Ceramic Sculpture, December 1998 - October 1999, p. 9, illustrated

Literature

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II: Table and Related Sculptures 1979-1980, Miscellaneous Sculptures 1974-1980, Bronze Sculptures 1976-1980, Cologne 1981, p. 153, no. 655, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate ,although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few cracks to the ceramic, which appear to be original. Some dust has settled in the recesses.
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