Figure | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2017.74
People: Anthony Caro, British (New Malden, Surrey, England 1924 - 2013 London, England)
Title: Figure
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1954
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/358025

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brush and ink on newsprint

Dimensions

sight: 58.4 × 45.7 cm (23 × 18 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: removed from backing board: Mitchell-Innes & Nash / New York / Anthony Caro / Figure / 1954 / Brush and Ink on newsprint / 23 by 17 3/4 in. 58.3 by 45.2 cm. / MI&N 13581

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: The Caro Estate, sold; through [Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York]; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright: © Courtesy of Barford Sculpture Limited and Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Accession Year: 2017
Object Number: 2017.74
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Julius Bryant, Anthony Caro: First Drawings Last Sculptures, exh. cat., Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York, 2016), p. 50, ill.

Exhibition History

Anthony Caro: First Drawings Last Sculptures, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 12/08/2016 - 02/11/2017

Verification Level

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2017.74: Figure