Publication

2021-03-02 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10163345116X
  • ISBN-139781633451162
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020946326
  • OCLC Control Number1233299427
  • Better World Books9781633451162
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCNB237
  • LCCNB237.C28 A4 2021

Description

Alexander Calder's work first appeared in the Museum of Modern Art's galleries in 1930, in the exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans. Calder cultivated friendships and working relationships with notable figures, including Alfred H. Barr Jr., the Museum's founding director, and James Johnson Sweeney, with whom he collaborated on his retrospective exhibition in 1943. His work is imprinted on MoMA's early history, not only for its material and conceptual innovation but also for its presence at significant moments, such as a mobile made to hang over the lobby's grand staircase on the occasion of the new Goodwin and Stone building (Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, which hangs there to this day); a candelabra to adorn the tables at a celebratory anniversary event; and a sculpture to fly off a flagpole to advertise the landmark exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art.

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  • Alexander CalderHardcoverThe Museum of Modern Art, New York2021-03-02

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