Pair of Offset Lithograph Museum Posters, including One Signed by Anthony Caro

Item Details

Provenance
The Lucy Baker and Kenworth Moffett Collection of New New Group Painters

A pair of offset lithograph museum posters, one signed by renowned artist Sir Anthony Caro (British, 1924-2013). The signed poster advertises the York Sculptures exhibition presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and features an image of Surprise Flat. The poster is signed in blue ink along the lower edge. It is copyrighted 1980 by the Christian Science Publishing Society to the lower left. Credits to the lower right indicate that the poster was printed by Acme Printing Co. and designed by Carl Zahn. The second unsigned poster advertises an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and features an image of a red painted metal sculpture by Caro. Neither work is matted and both remain unframed.

Anthony Caro studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London, and worked as a foundry assistant to renowned British sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) early in his career. He gained public recognition in 1963 when he exhibited his large sculptural work in an exhibition at the Whitechapel London Gallery. Although Caro often worked in steel, he used a variety of media including bronze, silver, lead, stoneware, wood, and paper. He is known for his large abstract sculptures often composed of welded and/or assembled industrial materials.

Condition

- both posters tend to curl from previous storing; wrinkles throughout both posters; small tears along poster edges; tape remnants along edges of posters.

Dimensions

- measurement of Museum of Fine Arts poster; Museum of Modern Art poster measures approximately 23.5" W x 23.75" H.

Item #

17DCC306-383