Art Institute of Chicago

Wide

Anthony Caro · 1964

Provenance

Ownership history

The artist; sold to David Mirvish, Toronto, by Aug. 9, 1965 [letter from Kenneth Noland to Anthony Caro; copy in curatorial object file]; by exchange with Charles Millard, Washington. D.C., by Dec. 1965 [Philadelphia 1965]; by exchange with the artist, after May 1976 [this and the following according to email from Gagosian Gallery, Mar. 4, 2026; copy in curatorial object file]; upon his death transferred to his estate, Oct. 2013; sold to private collection, New York, Oct. 2013; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 21, 2026.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Anthony Caro, Dec. 2–19, 1964, not in cat.
Washington D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Anthony Caro, Feb. 24¬–Mar. 28, 1965, not in cat.
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Seven Sculptors: Anthony Caro, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Alexander Liberman, Tina Matkovic, David Smith, and Anne Truitt, Dec. 1, 1965–Jan. 17, 1966, no cat. no.
Venice, 33rd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, British Pavilion. Five Young British Artists, June 18–Oct. 16, 1966, cat. 37, as Largo.
London, Hayward Gallery, Anthony Caro, Jan. 24–Mar. 9, 1969, cat. 13.
Toronto, David Mirvish Gallery, Ten Years Ago…Painting and Sculpture from 1964, Feb. 9¬–Mar. 6, 1974, no cat.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Anthony Caro: A Retrospective, Apr. 30–July 6, 1975, no cat. no.; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Sept. 14–Nov. 2, 1975; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 12, 1975–Feb. 1, 1976; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Mar. 25–May 9, 1976.
Hartford, CT, Hartford Art School, Joseloff Gallery, Caro Noland Olitski, Apr. 28, 1994–June 15, 1994, no cat. no.
Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Anthony Caro: Works from the 1960s, Apr. 17–May 30, 2015, no cat. no.

Literature

Elisabeth Stevens, “Caro Has a Way with Steel and Bends it to his Will,” Washington Post, February 28, 1965, G7.
John Russell, “London/NYC: The Two Way Traffic,” Art in America 53 no. 2 (April 1965): 127 (ill.).
Gene Baro, “Britain’s New Sculpture,” Art International IX, no. 5 (June 1965): 28 (ill.).
Michael Benedikt, Seven Sculptors: Anthony Caro, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Alexander Liberman, Tina Matkovic, David Smith, and Anne Truitt, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1965), 5.
Andrew Forge, “Interview with Anthony Caro,” Studio International 171, no. 873 (January 1966): 6 (ill.).
David Thompson, XXXIII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Venezia, exh. cat. (Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, 1966): 175, cat. 37.
David Thompson, Five Young British Artists, XXXIII Venice Biennale, exh. cat. (London: British Council, 1966), n.p. (ill.).
Edward Lucie-Smith, “Anthony Caro at Venice,” Art and Artists 1, no. 3 (June 1966): 26 (ill.).
Christopher Finch, “Junge englische Bildhauer,” Kunsthalle Bern (February-April 1967): 1 (ill.), 10.
Jane Harrison Cone, “Caro in London,” Artforum 7, no. 8., (April 1969): 63.
Gabriel White and Michael Fried, Anthony Caro, exh. cat. (London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1969), 33, cat. 13 (ill.)
Richard Whelan, Anthony Caro (Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books, 1974), n.p., fig. 17, 53, fig. 17 (ill.).

Comparables