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Tony Cragg (B. 1949)
Lot 279 THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS LADY

Tony Cragg (B. 1949)

Constructor (Version 1)

Closed26 June 2013

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GBP 157,875

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Tony Cragg (B. 1949)
Constructor (Version 1)
incised with the artist's signature and dated 'Tony Cragg 2007' (on the lower part)
stainless steel
45 3⁄8 x 28¾ x 27½in. (116 x 73 x 70cm.)
Executed in 2007

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'We have gone beyond the stage where we can just represent things in sculpture. We have to find new means of expression, a new visual language'
(T. Cragg in R. Conway Morris, 'Inventing a 'new visual language' ', International Herald Tribune, 14 October 2010, p. 12).