Sir Anthony Caro, Early One Morning 1962 (detail). 26 January - 17 April 2005. ADMISSION FREE
Anthony Caro

About Events & Education Shop Visiting Information
Room Guide Millbank Steps Career Chronology

1924-59 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

CAREER CHRONOLOGY

1970s

Installation view of Midday 1960 (left) and The Horse 1961 (right) on sculpture terrace at Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1975
Installation view of Midday 1960 (left) and The Horse 1961 (right) on sculpture terrace at Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1975
© the artist, Barford Sculptures Ltd

 
1970
  • Makes ‘table pieces’ incorporating the edge of the table.

  • Works for short periods at Kenneth Noland’s studio at Shaftsbury, Vermont.
1972
  • Works at Ripamonte factory in Veduggio, Italy. Produces sculptures using soft-edge steel; they are exhibited at Galleria dell’ Ariete in Milan.
1974
  • Works at York Steel Company in Toronto using heavy steel equipment and mobile cranes.

  • Kenwood House, London holds solo exhibition of table sculptures made from rusted steel.
1975
  • Retrospective at Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1977
  • Artist in residence at Emma Lake summer workshop, Universtiy of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Produces the Emma series: linear works made from lightweight tubular steel.
1978
  • Produces ‘writing pieces’: small, linear sculptures made rapidly – like doodles – in steel.

  • Commission for the new East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.