Albert Paley
Prototype Opera Box Handles for the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

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Artist Albert Paley American, born 1944

CultureAmerican

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Prototype Opera Box Handles for the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts

Date1987

MediumBronze and wood frame

Dimensions39 1/2 × 17 1/8 × 3 9/16 in. (100.3 × 43.5 × 9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Bettina and Joe Gleason

Object number2023.269

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceCommissioned by the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas, 1987; Wendy and Peter Joseph, New York, New York; the Artist, Rochester, New York; Private Collection; [Rago Auctions, Modern Design, January 20, 2023, Lot 653]; Bettina and Joe Gleason, Los Angeles, California; given to the MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition History"Albert Paley / Sculpture, Drawings, Graphics & Decorative Arts." Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, Florida, 2001-2003 (traveled).

"Albert Paley: A Dialogue of Architecture, Decorative Arts and Design." Chicago Design Show, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.

"Albert Paley: Architectural Metalwork," Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Washington, DC, 1991.

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