I went to the opening of the Anthony Caro exhibition at Annely Juda last night and was particularly interested to see his early work, undertaken when he was studio assistant to Henry Moore at Perry Green, including Warrior I, influenced by Moore’s collection of African art:-
Also, one of a set of sculptures he did in 1957 of the Cigarette Smoker, done when he was still hovering between figuration and abstraction and before he had discovered his own style:-
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Great post Charles! Did you know that there’s a similar “Warrior” sculpture by Henry Moore in Birmingham’s Museum & Art Gallery? http://www.bmag.org.uk
No, I didn’t, but it doesn’t surprise me, as, during this phase of Caro’s career, he was so obviously under the influence of, first, Moore, then Picasso.