Provenance
Galleri Andersson/Sandstrom, Stockholm
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Catalogue Essay
‘I use the construction language of the built world – pillars and lintels – to evoke the inner condition of the body, treating the body less as a thing than a place. There is a tension between a suggested symmetry and the actual articulation of a body, so that very slight variations in the alignment of the blocks can be read empathetically as an indication of the total body feeling. All of the ‘Blockworks’ attempt to treat the body as a condition; being – not doing.’
Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley’s VISE is a recent example of his ‘Cast Blockworks’ series. Composed of subtly varied blocks of cast iron, the ‘bodyform’ is delicate yet monumental, solid yet dynamic, employing structural poise to create an architectonic language that, to Gormley, articulates the internal and external human condition. As he has elaborated: ‘The “Cast Blockworks” re-describe body volume in Euclidean terms, replacing the discrete function-based structures of anatomy with architectonic volumes that use the dynamics of stacking, cantilever and balance to achieve a stable structure that is still dynamic. Increasingly, the blocks have become more robust, often extending beyond the skin in an attempt to evoke particular feelings and tensions. The challenge is to find a way to employ this architectonic language to provoke empathetic feeling in the urban-bound viewer.’
Antony Gormley

Property from a Corporate Collection

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Antony Gormley

Vise

cast iron
208 x 40 x 33 cm (81 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2015.

Estimate
£200,000 - 300,000 ‡ ♠

Sold for £369,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

London Auction 5 October 2018

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Avery Singer
iHole
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
Sold for £243,000
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Marble
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡ ♠
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Cheyney Thompson
Chronochrome set 1
Estimate £150,000 - 250,000
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Ali Banisadr
Nowhere
Estimate £260,000 - 360,000 ‡
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Christopher Wool
Untitled (D139)
Estimate £500,000 - 700,000 ‡
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Antony Gormley
Vise
Estimate £200,000 - 300,000 ‡ ♠
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Georg Baselitz
Jäger mit Hund (Hunter with Dog)
Estimate £250,000 - 350,000 ‡ ♠
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Cy Twombly
Sperlonga drawing
Estimate £350,000 - 550,000 ‡
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10
Gerhard Richter
Hände
Estimate £2,000,000 - 3,000,000 ♠
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Gerhard Richter
Busch (Scrub)
Estimate £800,000 - 1,200,000 ♠
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Joan Miró
Souvenir de la Tour Eiffel
Estimate £600,000 - 800,000 ♠
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Joan Mitchell
Perch and Twirl
Estimate £1,500,000 - 2,500,000 ‡
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Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attesa
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Lucio Fontana
Concetto spaziale, Attese
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Jan Schoonhoven
R62-14
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Enrico Castellani
Superficie Gialla Tokyo no. 2
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18
Günther Förg
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000 ♠
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Christopher Wool
Untitled (P271)
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Joseph Beuys
Unbetitelt (Feld)
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21
David Hammons
Untitled
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Cy Twombly
Dithyrambus
Estimate £450,000 - 650,000 ‡
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23
Peter Doig
Cobourg 3+1 more
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Georg Baselitz
Untitled
Estimate £300,000 - 400,000 ♠
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25
Peter Doig
Palheiro (For: Zombie Golf)
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Takashi Murakami
With Eyes on the Reality of One Hundred Years from Now
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Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Nets (APQ)
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Roman Opałka
OPAŁKA 1965/1 – ∞ DETAIL 4514079 - 4536373
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Agostino Bonalumi
Bianco
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000 ‡ ♠
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Arnaldo Pomodoro
Grande Tavola Della Memoria
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Agostino Bonalumi
Untitled
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Günther Förg
Untitled
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John Baldessari
Upward Fall
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Cindy Sherman
Untitled Film Still #53
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Barbara Kruger
Untitled (You Transform Prowess into Pose)
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David Salle
Maid of Germany
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Marcello Lo Giudice
Red Vulcano
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ♠
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

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Catalogue Essay

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Antony Gormley

Vise

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