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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Anthony Caro, Head, 1955

Anthony Caro 1924-2013

Head, 1955
Bronze
18 x 16 1/8 x 10 1/4 in
45.7 x 41 x 26 cm
Signed CARO
SUSSE Fres PARIS CIRE PERDUE
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Head is almost certainly derived from Caro’s wife, the fellow artist Sheila Girling. It is the only part of Woman in Pregnancy (1955) to be cast in bronze and the...
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Head is almost certainly derived from Caro’s wife, the fellow artist Sheila Girling. It is the only part of Woman in Pregnancy (1955) to be cast in bronze and the only part of that larger work to have survived.
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Provenance

The Artist's Estate;
Private collection

Exhibitions

Sculptures et dessins figuratifs 1950-1990, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 10 rue du Musée, Angers, France, June 21, 1996-October 26, 1996;

Europa nach der Flut, Kunst 1945-1965, Künstlerhaus Wien, Karlsplatz 5, Vienna, Austria, September 10, 1995-December 10, 1995;

Europa de Postguerra 1946-1965, Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Passeig Sant Joan 108, Barcelona, Spain, May 12, 1995-July 30, 1995

Literature

Clare Hillman. "Introduction/Artist/Viewer/Conclusion." Figuring Anthony Caro: The Early Work. 1997: 2-44, Fig. 18;

Bernard Ceysson. "La Estatua Imposible." Europa de Postguerra 1945-1965. 1995: 163-179, 215;

Patrick Le Nouëne. "Préface, Sculptures figuratives d'Anthony Caro des années cinquante et des années quatre-vingt." Anthony Caro. 1996: 9, 22-102, 42;

Dieter Blume, Anthony Caro, Catalogue Raisonne Vol. IV, Verlag Galerie Wentzel, Cologne, 1982-91, 50, 14

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