Lot 128
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ANTHONY CARO | Table Piece CCLXXIX (Kristeel)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Anthony Caro
  • Table Piece CCLXXIX (Kristeel)
  • steel and sheet steel
  • 20 by 56 by 34 1/2 in. 50.8 by 142.2 by 87.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1976.

Provenance

Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Exhibited

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, L’Oeil du collectionneur, October 1996 - January 1997, p. 58

Literature

Dieter Blume, Ed., Anthony CaroCatalogue Raisonné Vol. I: Table and Related Sculptures 1966-1978, Cologne 1996, cat. no. 281, p. 217, illustrated
Karen Thomson, Ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal 2015, cat. no. 18, p. 28, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of oxidation along the base of the work as well as within some of the crevices. There are scattered areas of discoloration present, inherent to the artist’s working method. There are also scattered areas of white paint accumulation, possibly from the time of execution.
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