Peter Anton 'Dark Chocolate Bar'

Artist:  Peter Anton Title: Dark Chocolate Bar Size: 42 3/4 x 14 1/6 x 5 7/8 inchesMedium: Wood & Mixed Media Edition:  Original SculptureYear:  2007Notes: Signed, Dated and Titled on Verso. Excellent Condition. Gallery COA Included. Provenance:  Galerie Terminus, Munich Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above). Acquired from the above by the present owner then sold at Sotheby's 2024. About:  Peter Anton (b. 1963) is a contemporary sculptor renowned for his larger-than-life candies and desserts. He aims to create art that can "lure, charm, tease, disarm, and surprise," producing oversized, intricately detailed, and subtly unsettling food sculptures, especially sweets. Anton's fascination with food stems from its ability to bring people together and celebrate life, stimulating basic human desires and passions. Much like Claes Oldenburg, Anton plays with scale, transforming donuts, lollipops, boxes of chocolate, and banana splits into absurdly large and somewhat menacing