Anthony Caro
Orangerie

Orangerie

© Barford Sculptures Ltd

Orangerie
Orangerie
ArtistBritish, 1924–2013
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Orangerie
Date1969
Made inEngland
MediumPainted steel
Dimensions88 1/2 × 64 × 91 in. (224.8 × 162.6 × 231.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2012.195
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Theater Foyer Upper Level
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ProvenanceKenneth Noland, Maine; [Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.

Exhibition History"Anthony Caro: New Sculpture," Andre Emmerich, New York, 1970.

"Anthony Caro," Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 30–July 6, 1975; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, September–October, 1975; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 18, 1975–February 8, 1976; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, March 25–May 9, 1976.

"Artist's Eye," The National Gallery, London, 1977.

"Anthony Caro," Rose Art Museum, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1978.

"Caro a Roma," The Trajan Markets, Rome, 1992.

"Caro, Nolan, Olitsky," Joseloff Gallery, The Hartford Art School, Hartford, Connecticut, 1994.

"Anthony Caro," Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1995.

"Anthony Caro," Tate Britain, London, January 26–April 17, 2005.

"Caro: Close Up," Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, October 18–December 30, 2012.

"Caro at the Correr,” Museo Correr, Piazza San Marco, Venice, June 1–November 24, 2013.

"Europe 1900-1975: Selections from the Museum's Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 4, 2014–January 4, 2015.






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