Description:
Sir Anthony Caro (British, b. 1924)
Paper Sculpture No. 27 (Box Tree), 1981
Inscribed, titled, signed, and dated "No. 27...Anthony Caro 1981" in pencil and
identified on a label from Tyler Graphics Ltd. on the reverse.
Mixed media (chalk, acrylic paints, handmade paper, and wood on Tycore panel),33 x 23 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (83.8 x 60.3 x 24.1 cm),in a Plexiglas case.
Condition: Good.
Literature: Kenneth E. Tyler, et al., Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonne, 1974-1985 (New York, Abbeville Press, 1987),p. 379, no. 648:AC25 (illus.); Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro: A Catalogue Raisonné [complete record of sculptures 1942-2005], Vol. V (Koln: Verlag Galerie Wentzel, 1981-2007),pp. 10, 149 (illus.),278 (illus.),no. 1399.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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