Lot 262
  • 262

Sir Anthony Caro

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Table Bronze Cigarillo
  • welded and cast bronze and brass

  • 19.1 by 50.8 by 41.9cm.; 7 1/2 by 20 by 16 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1980.

Provenance

Galerie Wenzel, Cologne
Galerie Hachmeister, Münster
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Bronze Sculptures 1976-1980, Cologne 1981, p. 178, no. 791, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the olive green tones are more subtle in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a superficial layer of dust. There are several fine scratches and some light scattered rub marks to the bronze and brass. Small patches of oxidation are visible in places throughout.
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