''New Forms'' is an outdoor 1991–1992
bronze sculpture
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by British artist
Tony Cragg
Sir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born Liverpool 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977.
Early life and training
Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool."Tony Cragg." ''Contemporary Artists''. Farmington Hills, ...
, installed at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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's
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, the garden consists of 25 works o ...
, in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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. It was commissioned by the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Build ...
and donated by the Schissler Foundation.
See also
*
1992 in art
Events from the year 1992 in art.
Events
* 16 March - British fashion designer Alexander McQueen shows his first collection, partly inspired by The Silence of the Lambs (film).
*12 October – Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid is opened to the ...
*
List of public art in Houston
Outdoor sculptures
* '' African Elephant'' (1982)
* Alexander Hodge Memorial
* '' Atropos Key'' (1972), Miller Outdoor Theatre
* Beer Can House
* ''Broken Obelisk'', Rothko Chapel
* '' Brownie'' (1905), Houston Zoo
* '' Bygones'' (1976), Meni ...
References
1992 establishments in Texas
1992 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Texas
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Works by British people
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