PROPERTY FROM AN EMINENT BELGIAN COLLECTION
CARL ANDRE (B. 1935)

Aluminum-Aluminum Plain

Estimate
GBP 850,000 – GBP 1,000,000
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CARL ANDRE (B. 1935)

Aluminum-Aluminum Plain

Closed: 28 Jun 2023
Closed: 28 Jun 2023
Details
CARL ANDRE (B. 1935)
Aluminum-Aluminum Plain
aluminium, in thirty-six parts
each: 12 x 12 x 3/8in. (30.5 x 30.5 x 1cm.)
overall: 72 x 72 x 3/8in. (183 x 183 x 1cm.)
Executed in 1969
Provenance
Virginia Dwan Gallery, New York.
John Weber Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired from the above in 1973).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
P. Schjeldahl, ‘High Priest of Minimal’, in The New York Times, 18 October 1970, pp. 23 and 28 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 23).
Carl Andre Sculpture 1958-1974, exh. cat., Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1975, p. 47, no. 47 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 42).
D. Bourdon (ed.), Carl Andre Sculpture 1959-1977, exh. cat., Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1978 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 33).
Carl Andre: Die Milchstraße Der Frieden von Münster und andere Skulpturen, exh. cat., Münster, Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1985 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 44).
C. Andre, R. Sartorius and P. Sarmina, Carl Andre, exh. cat., The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, 1987, p. 42, no. 50 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, pp. 44-45; installation view at Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1978, illustrated, p. 47).
CARL ANDRE SCULPTOR 1996, exh. cat., Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, 1996, pp. 176, 178, 247 and 262 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 177).
J. Meyer (ed.), Cuts: texts 1959–2004 / Carl Andre, Cambridge 2005 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 141).
A. M. Gingeras and J. Bankowsky (eds.), “Where Are We Going?” Selections from the François Pinault Collection, Milan 2006 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated in colour, p. 33).
A. Rider, Carl Andre Things in Their Elements, London 2011 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated in colour, p. 79).
M. Piranio and J. Sigler (eds.), Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010, exh. cat., New York, Dia: Beacon, 2014-2017 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, pp. 38-39).
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Carl Andre, 1970-1971 (as part of 37 Pieces of Work, installation view illustrated in colour, p. 56). This exhibition later travelled to Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Carl Andre: Sculpture 1959-78, 1978, p. 33, no. 13 (installation view illustrated, pp. 1, 4 and 7; as part of 37 Pieces of Work installed at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1970, illustrated, p. 21).
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further details
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

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