Lot Essay
Sculpture, you might say, is matter mattering...my vocation is to be a matterist.
– Carl Andre
– Carl Andre
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Property from the Estate of Ruth S. Stanton
CARL ANDRE (B. 1935)
19 Prime Rectile
Details
CARL ANDRE (B. 1935)
19 Prime Rectile
cold-rolled steel, in nineteen parts
each: 1⁄8 x 8 x 15 3⁄8 in. (.32 x 20.3 x 39 cm.)
overall: 1⁄8 x 152 x 15 3⁄8 in. (.32 x 387 x 39 cm.)
Executed in 1977. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
19 Prime Rectile
cold-rolled steel, in nineteen parts
each: 1⁄8 x 8 x 15 3⁄8 in. (.32 x 20.3 x 39 cm.)
overall: 1⁄8 x 152 x 15 3⁄8 in. (.32 x 387 x 39 cm.)
Executed in 1977. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
The artist
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1985
Lord Peter Palumbo, London
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago and New York
Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco
Giraud, Pissarro, Segalot, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1985
Lord Peter Palumbo, London
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago and New York
Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco
Giraud, Pissarro, Segalot, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002
Literature
Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Carl Andre, January–March 1987, p. 108, no. 7.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Otis Art Institute Gallery, Carl Andre, January–February 1977.
New York, Sperone Westwater Fischer, Carl Andre, May 1977.
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Carl Andre, January 1985.
New York, Sperone Westwater Fischer, Carl Andre, May 1977.
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Carl Andre, January 1985.
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