Anthony Caro
Orangerie

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Artist Anthony Caro(British, 1924–2013)British, 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

On view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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