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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
Published References "Clinton is Innocent." Publication featuring an artist interview (translated in both French and English) and images from the Musée d’Art Modern de la Ville de Paris’s exhibition “Gabriel Orozco: Clinton is Innocent”, which took place in 1998. "Gabriel Orozco." Published by Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain in conjunction with 2005 solo exhibition titled “Gabriel Orozco”. (insert 11.11) "Gabriel Orozco." Monograph published by Museo Del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, 2006. (ill, pg. 230) "Gabriel Orozco." Museum of Modern Art, New York in conjunction with solo exhibition dedicated to two decades of Orozco’s work, 2010. (ill, pg. 137)

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