Lot 268
  • 268

ANTHONY CARO | Quadrant Table Bronze

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Quadrant Table Bronze
  • welded bronze
  • 13 by 32 by 27 in. 33 by 81.3 by 68.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1979-1981.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the present owner in June 1985

Exhibited

Toronto, Koffler Centre for the Arts, The Caro Connection: Sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro in Toronto Collections, April - June 1995, cat. no. 15, p. 20, illustrated

Literature

Dieter Blume, Ed., Anthony Caro: Catalogue RaisonnĂ© Vol. V: Table and Related Sculptures 1981-1983, Cologne 1985cat. no. 1533, p. 301, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of light oxidation scattered throughout inherent to the artist's choice of medium, most notably on the underside of the work. There are scattered areas of discoloration also inherent to the artist's choice of medium. All the welds and joins are secure.
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