Details
Anthony Caro (b. 1924)
Straight Up
steel rusted
56 x 68 x 43 in. (142 x 173 x 109 cm.)
Executed in 1972.
Provenance
Kasmin Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1972
Literature
W. Rubin, Anthony Caro, New York, 1974, pp. 137 and 161 (illustrated).
H. Rosenberg, "The Art World: Lyric Steel," The New Yorker, 7 July 1975, pp. 72-74.
U. Kultermann, Trova, New York, 1978, no. 131 (illustrated).
D. Blume, Anthony Caro: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume III, Steel Sculptures, 1960-1980, Cologne, 1981, pp. 110 and 218, no. 1019 (illustrated).
D. Waldman, Anthony Caro, New York, 1982, p. 91, pl. 113 (illustrated in color).
I. Barker, Anthony Caro: Quest for the New Sculpture, Künzeslau, 2004, pp. 197-198 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Kasmin Ltd., Anthony Caro, April-July 1972.
New York, Museum of Modern Art and Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Anthony Caro, April 1975-May 1976, no. 27.
Sale room notice
Please note this work did not travel to Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, as part of the exhibition Anthony Caro, April 1975-May 1976.

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