Model for East Building Mobile, 1972

East Building, Tower Level — Gallery 606

Medium

aluminum, wire, and paint

Dimensions

overall: 28.9 x 69.2 cm (11 3/8 x 27 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Accession Number

1975.114.1

Artists / Makers

Alexander Calder (artist) American, 1898 - 1976

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Provenance

The artist [1898-1976]; acquired 18 November 1977 by NGA.[1]

[1] The model was first received by NGA from the artist in January 1973, and the full-scale mobile was formally commissioned by the NGA Board of Trustees on 3 May 1973. The model was returned to the artist at his request in June 1974. After the artist's death in 1976, the model was in the possession of Paul Matisse, who fabricated the full-scale mobile and coordinated its installation in the NGA East Building. Mr. Matisse turned over custody of the model to NGA when the installation was complete.

Associated Names

Calder, Alexander
Perls Galleries

Exhibition History

1998: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998, no. 266, color repro. (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1978: King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 121, pl. 77.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 39, repro.

1998: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998: no. 266.