Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Lot Closed

October 15, 03:02 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Carl Andre

b. 1935

45 Degree Swipe


hot-rolled steel, in 7 parts (1 x 7), side by side, extending at a 45 degree angle from corner of room

each: 38 by 53.4 by 1 cm. 15 by 21 by ⅜ in.

overall: 266.7 by 53.4 by 1 cm. 105 by 21 by ⅜ in.

Executed in 1971.


This work is accompanied by a signed certificate from the artist

Collection Pierre and Marianne Nahon, Paris
Galerie Beaubourg, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2001
Exh. Cat., Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Carl Andre - Sculpture 1958-1974, 1975, p. 61 (text)
Exh. Cat., Eindhoven, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag and Stedelijik van Abbemuseum, Carl Andre, 1987, p. 58, no. 1971.18 (text)
Exh. Cat., Wolfsburg, Kustmuseum Wolfsburg, Carl Andre Sculptor 1996, 1996, p. 206 (text)