Spire

Details

Anish Kapoor (b. 1954)
Spire
stainless steel
44 x 48 x 48in. (111.8 x 121.9 x 121.9cm.)
Executed in 2004, this work is number three from an edition of three plus two artist’s proofs

Provenance

Lisson Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Anish Kapoor, exh. cat., London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2009 (another example installation view from Gladstone Gallery, New York illustrated in colour, p. 181).
D. Anfam, Anish Kapoor, New York 2009, pp. 458 and 522 (another example installation view from Gladstone Gallery, New York illustrated in colour, p. 459; another example installation view from De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg illustrated in colour, pp. 460 -461).

Exhibited

New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Anish Kapoor: WHITEOUT, 2004, p. 65 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, pp. 46-47, 49 and 66-67).
London, Serpentine Gallery, Anish Kapoor Turning the World Upside Down, 2010-2011, pp. 46 and 48 (another example exhibited, installation view illustrated in colour, pp.11, 49-53, and 71; another from the edition installation view from artist's studio illustrated in colour, pp. 135 and 138; another example illustrated in colour, pp. 200-201).

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Lot Essay

‘Kapoor is like a modern-day Newton, using not telescopes but works of art to give the viewer a glimpse into the depths of the universe. These mirrors allow us to view the strange bending of space that only reveals itself on a cosmic scale in the comfort of Kensigton Gardems. They may seem to turn the world upside down, but that is what it really looks like out there.’
(M. du Sautoy, in A. Kapoor : Turning the world upside down in Kensington Gardens, exh. cat., Serpentine Gallery, London, 2011, p. 47)

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