Photographer:

Mendoza, Sarita Guardia de, 1923-1994  Search this

Subject:

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Place:

Caracas, Venezuela

Date:

1955 August

Place of publication, production, or execution:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 22 x 19 cm

Summary:

Shows Calder laying out a design on a piece of metal.<br>Identification on verso (handwritten): "Caracas 55 workshop of university." <br>Photo taken in Caracas at Escuela Técnica Industrial of the UCV (Central University of Venezuela), where Calder had been invited by his friend the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva. <br>Identification of location, photographer, and date from email correspondence with Mendoza's son Claudio Mendoza. This picture is one of several taken by Mendoza during Calder's stay in Caracas.

Citation:

Sarita Guardia de Mendoza. Alexander Calder laying out a design, 1955 August. Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note:

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Topic:

Artists at or with their work  Search this

Metal sculpture  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)3127

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Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_3127