Artist:

Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976  Search this

Medium:

Sheet metal, paint, wood, steel rod, and wire

Dimensions:

48 1/8 × 32 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (123.2 × 82.6 × 77.5 cm) [irreg.]

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1936)

Provenance:

Harold Diamond, New York, to 1968

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1968-6 March 1972

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Exhibition History:

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, Canberra. "Surrealism: Revolution by Night," 12 March-2 May 1993, no. 20, color ill. p. 18. TOUR: QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, Brisbane, 21 May-11 July; ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Sydney, 30 July-19 September.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Alexander Calder, 1898-1976," 29 March-12 July 1998. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 5 September-1 December.

FONDATION BEYLER, Basel, Switzerland. "Calder/Miró," 2 May-5 September 2004. TOUR: THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 9 October-23 January 2005.

TATE MODERN, London. "Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture," 11 November 2015-3 April 2016, color ill. p. 169.

Published References:

MARTER, JOAN M. Alexander Calder (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 177, ill. p. 178.

RIMANELLI, DAVID. "Alexander Calder: National Gallery of Art," Artforum (Summer 1998), color ill. p. 123.

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972

Accession Number:

72.53

See more items in:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

American Abstraction (Mid-Century)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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