4th Oct, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
152
Sir Tony Cragg CBE, RA (b.1949)
"Bust" (2017)
Tin on plexiglass base from an edition of 75, 15cm high
Provenance: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Sold together with the signed certificate of authenticity
Born in Liverpool in 1949, and living in Wuppertal, Germany, since 1977, Cragg is an eminent Anglo-German sculptor whose work often interrogates the boundaries of the natural and the manufactured through abstraction and the transformation of materials.
Cragg previously worked as a laboratory technician before joining Gloucestershire College of Art in 1969. This background knowledge in science and geology, paired with his father’s career within the aircraft industry, allows Cragg to approach his work with a technological mind. Despite an initial disinterest within the sculptural module, Cragg became engrossed in the exploration of materials at Art School, a theme which continues throughout his practice. Cragg was awarded the Turner Prize in 1988 and British representative at the Venice Biennale that same year, elected Royal Academician in 1994, and appointed a CBE in 2002.
Sold for £7,500
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
In good overall condition. Some light surface dirt. The odd tiny minor surface scratch. See images.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 4th Oct, 2025
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