Tony Cragg - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, February 17, 2011 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Lisson Gallery, London

  • Exhibited

    Venice, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, The British Pavilion: Tony Cragg, 26 June - 25 September 1988

  • Literature

    C. Lampert & D. Dawetas, Tony Cragg XLIII Biennale di Venezia, London, 1988 p.60-61 (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    "A beautiful example of a frightening theme is the sculpture entitled Vivarium. One tree divided mid-way, like “Bermuda Shorts', Cragg says, another is from rough barked pine and the third shaped like an ice-hockey stick. The clinging tyres suggest the perversion it is to manufacture substances that do not rot once they become redundant. In luminous marble plaster, the sculture is a marvellous spectre.” C. Lampert Tony Cragg XLIII Biennale di Venezia, London 1988, p. 39-40.

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Vivarium

1988
Paris Plaster.
110 x 140 x 108 cm (43 1/4 x 55 1/8 x 42 1/2 in).
This work is accompanied by a photograph signed by the artist.

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 

Contemporary Art Day Sale

18 Feb 2011
London