The Stainless Pieces to which the present sculpture belongs to, were created from 1974 and are mostly horizontal structures made of thin or thick sheets of metal, cut tubes and bent planes. Their lateral shape, as well as the character of the metal, give these sculptures a particular effect; they seem cool, static, and because of the shining steel, have an almost immaterial presence.

During the same years, and following his major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art New York in 1975 which subsequently toured the USA, Caro’s reputation in that country was high, notably in circles influenced by Greenberg’s formalist aesthetic.

Clement Greenberg was an influential American writer and critic. Championing abstract art, and in particular Jackson Pollock, he became a central figure in the American art world between the 1940s and the 1970s. 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.