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  2. Eagle (Calder) - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Calder: Year: 1971: Type: Sculpture: ... It was relocated in 2000 after being purchased by the Seattle Art Museum with funding from Jon and Mary Shirley. [3]

  3. Alexander Calder - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Arts in Seattle - Wikipedia

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    The Fine Arts Pavilion (later the Exhibition Hall) managed to bring in works by Titian, Van Dyck, and Monet, as well as more contemporary pieces by Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alexander Calder and by Pacific Northwest artists Tobey, Callahan, and Graves.

  5. Seattle Art Museum - Wikipedia

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    In 2010, the exhibition "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris" drew more than 405,000 and was the museum's most-attended exhibition since it moved to its downtown location from Volunteer Park in 1991. In SAM's history, only the 1978 King Tut exhibition, held at Seattle Center, ranked higher in attendance. [40]

  6. Jon Shirley - Wikipedia

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    Shirley served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Seattle Art Museum and as chair of the Olympic Sculpture Park's building committee. Collectors of modern and contemporary art, particularly the work of Alexander Calder, [19] Jon and Mary Shirley gave Alexander Calder's Eagle to the Olympic Sculpture Park. [20] [21]

  7. List of Alexander Calder public works - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. List of single-artist museums - Wikipedia

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    Alexander CalderCalder Gardens (upcoming), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Antonio Canova – Museo Canova, Possagno, Italy; Paul Cézanne – Cézanne's studio, Aix–en–Provence, France; Auguste Chabaud – Musée Auguste Chabaud, [8] Provence–Alpes–Côte d'Azur; Marc Chagall – Musée Marc Chagall, Nice, France, and Marc Chagall ...

  9. Olympic Sculpture Park - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic Sculpture Park, created and operated by the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), is a public park with modern and contemporary sculpture in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The park, which opened January 20, 2007, consists of a 9-acre (36,000 m 2 ) outdoor sculpture museum, an indoor pavilion, and a beach on Puget Sound . [ 1 ]