Carl Andre (b. 1935)

Seventh Copper Cardinal

Details

Carl Andre (b. 1935)
Seventh Copper Cardinal
seven units, side by side--copper
1/8 x 19¾ x 120in. (.5 x 50 x 350cm.)
Executed in 1973. This work is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Marco Brignone, Turin.
Art Agency, Tokyo.
Private collection, Tokyo.

Literature

A. Westwater, Carl Andre Sculpture 1958-1974, Bern 1975, p. 85, no. 1973-67.
R. Sartorius, Carl Andre, The Hague and Eindhoven 1987, p. 75-77, no. 1973-69 (illustrated).
E. Meyer-Hermann, Carl Andre Sculptor 1996 Krefeld-at home, Wolfsburg-at large, Krefeld and Wolfsburg 1996, p. 252.

Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Carl Andre Copper Cardinals, Dec. 1973.

Lot Essay

The Copper Cardinal Series was begun by Andre in Turin, Italy in 1972, and the first seventeen of the series were completed by 1977 in New York. The works consist of square plates arranged in formation according to the mathematical character of the number of plates. If the number of plates is a primary number, indivisible by any number other than one, the Copper Cardinal is arranged in a linear format. If the number of plates is a composite number, or divisible by other numbers, the Copper Cardinal is arranged in either a rectangle or a square.