Lot 179
179
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M., R.A. (1924-2013)
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's… Read more PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JENNY AND CLEMENT GREENBERGIn the canon of 20th Century art, few figures were as influential as Clement Greenberg. A writer and critic of incomparable influence, Greenberg changed the trajectory of post-war art forever. His belief in the significance of Abstract Expressionism and post-painterly abstraction led him to become an early champion of these artists. Discriminating and decidedly iconoclastic, Greenberg was as infamous as his theories on art.Greenberg and his wife Jenny Van Horne collected works by artists including Caro, Dzubas, Noland, Smith and Olitski - individuals the couple cherished for their talent and friendship. When Greenberg died in 1994, Van Horne became the guardian of her husband’s legacy, handling the acquisition of his papers by the Getty Research Center and the presentation of a selection of the couple’s private collection to the Portland Art Museum. Van Horne died in 2015 but the Greenbergs’ cultural legacy is ongoing, and stands as a model for future generations of scholars and collectors.
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M., R.A. (1924-2013)

Stainless Piece J

Details
Sir Anthony Caro, O.M., R.A. (1924-2013)
Stainless Piece J
stainless steel, unique
21 in. (53.5 cm.) long
Conceived in 1974-1975.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Jenny and Clement Greenberg, New York, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. Blume, Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II, Cologne, 1981, p. 139, no. 588, illustrated.
D. Waldman, Anthony Caro, New York, 1982, p. 151, no. 203, illustrated.
Special notice
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