Object Details
Artist
Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976
Provenance
Jh Purchased From Diamond, Harold, New York 1963
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 11, ill. p. 13.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Grand re-opening exhibition, 1 July 2006-4 July 2007.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.
Published References
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 78, p. 100.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Date
(1944)
Accession Number
66.785
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Metal, paint, wire, plastic, wood, glass, and ceramic
Dimensions
16 1/4 x 48 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (41.3 x 122.2 x 11.4 cm)
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School
American Abstraction (Mid-Century)
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_66.785