Sir Anthony Caro, O.M, R.A. - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session New York Thursday, November 18, 2021 | Phillips

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  • "Steel is such a nice material to use … It can move. It’s terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you’re there: it’s so direct. I think Manet was very direct, he didn’t prepare his canvases like Courbet, he just put paint straight on and it’s very like that with steel."
    —Anthony Caro

    Please note that this Lot is being offered for sale in situ.  Any prospective bidders interested in viewing the Lot prior to bidding should contact Ariel Fishman at afishman@phillips.com to schedule a visit to the Lot, which is located in Colorado.
     
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    • Provenance

      Portia Harcus, Boston (acquired directly from the artist)
      Private Collection (acquired from the above)
      Acquired from the above by the present owner in February 2007

    • Exhibited

      Boston, Harcus Krakow Gallery, Recent Work, October 10–November 6, 1985

    • Literature

      Dieter Blum, Anthony Caro: Catalogue Raisonné Vol. VI, Paris, 1987, no. 1770, p. 104 (illustrated)

Property from a Prominent American Collection

135

Sea Shanty

rusted and varnished steel
81 x 103 x 94 in. (205.7 x 261.6 x 238.8 cm)
Executed in 1984, this work is unique.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$200,000 - 300,000 

Sold for $252,000

Contact Specialist

John McCord
Head of Day Sale, Morning Session, New York
+1 212 940 1261
jmccord@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session

New York Auction 18 November 2021