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Tony Cragg
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Tony Cragg
- Real Plastic Love
- colored found plastic fragments
- approximately: 78 by 23 by 2 in.
- 198.1 by 58.4 by 5.1 cm.
- Executed in 1984.
Provenance
Barbara Guggenheim Associates, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in March 1985
Acquired by the present owner from the above in March 1985
Condition
This work is in good condition. It is composed of numerous found plastic objects, showing surface dirt. It appears to be the artist's intention that the work will deteriorate slowly over time due to the nature of materials used. This work is installed on a temporary painted wooden support based on previous installation photographs. The work has been assembled one piece at a time.
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.
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
“I don’t want to glorify plastic. It’s an interesting material because it is in many ways so far away from the organic, natural world that it actually underlies very strongly the problem of all man-made substances. It’s the extreme case: the natural world is almost at the other end of the scale. The problem is more or less the same to varying degrees with all the artificial object world” (Tony Cragg, interviewed by Lynne Cooke in Exh. Cat., Hayward Gallery, Tony Cragg, London, 1987, p. 16).