Lot 568
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ANTONY GORMLEY | Feeling Material XII (Hanging)

Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description

  • Antony Gormley
  • Feeling Material XII (Hanging)
  • 6 mm square section continuous rolled mild steel bar
  • 106 1/4 by 96 1/2 by 76 3/4 in. 270 by 245 by 195 cm.
  • Executed in 2004.

Provenance

Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Galerie Nordenhake, Clearing, September - October 2004

Literature

Michael Mack, Ed., Antony Gormley, Göttingen 2007, p. 529, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good and stable condition overall. This work has been recently repolished, and there remains some evidence of faint oxidation on certain elements of the steel. There areas joints that have been resoldered. Please note that this work does not include hanging hardware.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

Feeling Material XII (Hanging) is a continuous line that identifies a human space by using a form of trajectory mapping similar to those attempts to describe the various pathways of an electron around a nucleus. It becomes a line that spins a web around the body, orbiting close to the skin and then spiraling out into space, again replacing the image of a palpable body with that of a field effect or an energy zone. It is a mobile model that hangs freely, rotating from a single point as it reacts to wind movement around it.