15. TONY CRAGG (born 1949) Can 2000 Signé et numéroté 5/6 Bronze à patine noire Cachet du fondeur : Schmäke Düsseldorf Getekend en genummerd 5/6 Brons met zwart patina Stempel gieterij: Schmäke Düsseldorf Signed and numbered 5/6 Bronze with black patina Foundry stamp: Schmäke Düsseldorf 48 x 55 x 42 cm Provenance / Herkomst Christie's London, vente du 25/ 09/2014, lot 76 Acquis lors de cette vente par l'actuel propriétaire. Collection privée / privécollectie, France Tony Cragg generally uses laboratory utensils (test tubes, containers, flasks) as a starting point. As a true experimenter with materials, such as bronze in the case of Early Forms, Tony Cragg subjects materials to every conceivable deformation: twisting, crumpling, contracting or stretching, so that the resulting forms no longer refer to their original use and are constantly renewed. In fact, this is one of the artist's greatest preoccupations, and one in which the notion of innovation plays a key role.