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Sculpture - Tablepiece CIV

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© Sir Anthony Caro

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1983P1
Collection:Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture
Date:1971 - 1971

Maker Information

Sculptor:Anthony Caro - View biography for Anthony Caro

Notes

Caro was a leader in the development of 'constructed sculpture' in the 1960s. This is one of a series of table-based sculptures from the 1970s in which Caro explored ideas of balance and gravity with strips and plates of steel cascading from right angled edges. The paint partly disguises the material and unifies the metal construction into a single coherent form.

Presented by the Friends of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery with assistance from the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1983.

Further Information

Production Period:20th century
School/Style:Constructivist
Medium:Painted steel.
Material(s):Paint

Dimensions

Height:458 mm
Width:1370 mm
Depth:915 mm