CRAGG, TONY
1949 Liverpool
Title: Listeners.
Technique: Spheroidal graphite cast iron, corroded.
Measurement: 56 x 62 x 64cm.
Notation: Signed each on both feet stands: Cragg.
Frame/Pedestal: Mounted on a white painted wooden base: 100 x 50 x 60cm; total dimensions: 156 x 62 x 64cm.
The artist created the sculpture for the members, friends and sponsors of the Foundation for Art and Culture. Ten rust-coloured and ten steel-grey examples were created.
Provenance:
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
- Sculpture as a strong visual and intellectual statement that goes beyond the purely aesthetic experience
- Unmistakeable formal language of the artist
- Warm, brown patina forms an interesting contrast to the technoid forms.