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Founded in 1989, [1] by members of Alexander Calder's family in collaboration with the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), the Atelier Calder residency program offers artists the residencies to create new work and projects in Calder's studio and home in Saché, France.
Alexander "Sandy" Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [1]
A visit to the Art Dealer by Frans Francken the Younger, early 1600s. This is an incomplete list of significant art dealers: Guillam Forchondt the Elder (1608–1678): A 17th-century Flemish Baroque painter and art dealer based in Antwerp. He established an important art dealing business with international connections in Europe maintained by ...
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The exhibition, titled "Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start," draws on the rich and varied holdings MOMA has by the American artist. Cara Manes, curator of the exhibition, said her aim was to ...
Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors), 1970, Detroit Institute of Arts [3] The X and Its Tails, 1967, College of Creative Studies, Detroit [3]; Deux Disques (Two Discs), 1965, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Long-term loan from Smithsonian Institution), Grand Rapids
Alexander Calder and four other artists were invited to submit proposals. Calder was approached through his dealer, Klaus Perls , on July 29, 1975, just after his 77th birthday. A sketch and a model for Mountains and Clouds were submitted by November and, in April 1976, Calder's innovative design was accepted.
The park also includes works by Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin, George Segal and Mark di Suvero, among others. Beyond these, the park (and the museum itself) is well known for Shuttlecocks, [56] a four-part outdoor sculpture of oversized badminton shuttlecocks, standing 18 feet tall, by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. [57]