Gabriel Orozco
Kiss of the Egg

Kiss of the Egg

© Gabriel Orozco

Kiss of the Egg
Kiss of the Egg
ArtistMexican, born 1962
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Kiss of the Egg
Date1997
MediumSteel, cable, and egg
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/2 × 47 1/4 × 22 in. (72.4 × 120 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Chaney Family Collection
Object number2012.569
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; Chaney Family Collection, Houston; donated to MFAH, 2012.
Exhibition History“Gabriel Orozco: Clinton is Innocent,” Musée d’Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, May 28 - September 13,1998.

"Gabriel Orozco," Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, February 8 - April 18, 2005.

"Contingent Beauty." Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. November 22, 2015 - February 28th, 2016

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