Carsten Höller (B. 1961)
Lot 85 NEXT CHAPTER: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Carsten Höller (B. 1961)

Orango Tango

Closed5 April 2017

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GBP 26,250

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Carsten Höller (B. 1961)
Orango Tango
fibre on silicon rubber, plastic eyes and horn nails
15 3/8 x 44 ½ x 22 ½in. (39 x 113 x 57cm.)
Executed in 2001

Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

'I wanted to have an animal that triggered emotions, which is completely meaningless with a rubber-cast sculpture. The idea was that it would be artistically meaningless, even stupid, but emotionally effective, like a trigger' C. Höller.