Untitled

Details

Gabriel Caruana (Maltese, b.1929)
Untitled
signed and inscribed 'Gabriel/Caruana/Malta' (lower centre)
ceramic mounted on wood
ceramic: 12 x 39¾ in. (30.5 x 101 cm.); overall: 17 7/8 x 45¾ in. (45.4 x 116.3 cm.)

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Gabriel Caruana is one of Malta's most celebrated artists and among the first to work with clay in this modern age. Caruana comes from an artistic family and trained at the Malta School of Art and later in Perugia, Detroit and Faenza. A key moment in his life was meeting the influential artist Victor Pasmore, who told Caruana that he was on the right track with his work. This confirmation aided his career. They developed a friendship and Pasmore has several works by Caruana in his private collection. (also see lot 788)

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