Anthony Caro. Open Secret
L
ondon, United Kingdom, 2004. Edition of thirty one sculptures in four materials: three in stainless steel, three in grey card, ten in bronze and fifteen in brass, plus one artist proof of each. Height: 27cm / Width: 61cm / Depth: 80cm (due to different materials used, the versions are not strictly identical). Each sculpture, designed by the artist, contains a portfolio of handwritten poems by Hans Magnus Enzensberger in English and in German, and a handwritten passage by Anthony Caro from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The portfolio pages were printed on handmade paper created in Japan. The portfolio of each sculpture was printed in a different coloured ink (silver, light brown, dark brown and black respectively). Each sculpture is wrapped in black silk that has silkscreen prints of Open Secret by Nicola Killeen. The concept and design were by Anthony Caro and the director of the edition was Elena Ochoa Foster. The metal sculptures were made by John Roake and Roberto Travaglia, and the grey card sculptures were made by Gary Kugele. The portfolio pages were printed by Francis Atterbury. The portfolios were handmade by Alison Strachen and each one is signed and numbered by Anthony Caro and Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
Provenance:
• Ivorypress and the artist
Exhibited in:
• Blood on Paper, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom. 15/04-29/06/2008
• Artist’s Books, The Lightbox Gallery and Museum, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. 20/01/09-21/04/09
• Artist’s Books, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom. 25/09-27/09/2009
Collections:
• MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
• Private Collections
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