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Arnauld, Pierre (essay); Marla Prather; Alexander Calder - Alexander Calder, 1898 - 1976

Title: Alexander Calder, 1898 - 1976
Description: Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1998. Paperback. Color pictorial wraps; 367 pp. Numerous bw and 267 color plates. Inserted 5-fold brochure on the exhibition. Major retrospective survey of Calder's oeuvre. Published for an exhbition held at the National Gallery of Art, March 29 to July 12, 1998; one additional venue. Catalogue of a centenary retrospective exhibition of 265 objects by Alexander Calder, including sculptures, paintings, drawings and jewelry. Text of the catalogue is divided into five chronological sections each of which is accompanied by a detailed chronology. The exhibition emphasizes the artist's early career into the 1940s when he created his first mobiles, stabiles and standing mobiles. His monumental public scuptures from the last two-and-a-half decades of his career is the focus of the final section. The publication also includes an essay titled Staging Movement by Arnauld Pierre and a detailed exhibition history by Alexander S.C. Rower. VG, name may be written on half-title title .

Keywords: American Artists ; Calder, Alexander ; ;

Price: US$ 29.97 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 112425

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