Second Day

Artist Anthony Caro (English, 1924-2013)

Date1970

DimensionsH: 47 1/4 in. (120 cm); W: 63 in. (160 cm); Depth: 74 in. (188 cm)

MediumGray-painted steel.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gosman

Object number

1982.216

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Sculpture Garden

Label TextBorn and educated in England, Sir Anthony Caro began his long and celebrated career as a figurative sculptor and an assistant to British sculptor Henry Moore. After a 1959 trip to the United States, where he encountered and admired the work of artist David Smith, Caro began to bolt and weld steel into abstract sculpture. Caro’s early work focused on the human figure gesturing. His later abstract sculptures continue his interest in gesture, frequently suggesting the motions of twisting, sprawling, or—as in Second Day—sliding.Published ReferencesChristie's, New York, Contemporary Art from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gosman, Nov. 10, 1982, no. 34, repr.Exhibition HistoryDetroit Institute of Arts, Art in Space: Some Turning Points, 1973, n.n., repr.