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Counting on Art

Credits follow the order of images in the lesson, left to right and top to bottom.


Overview

Horace Pippin
Interior (detail)
1944
oil on canvas
61.2 x 76.6 x 0.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Horace Pippin
Self-Portrait (detail)
1941
oil on canvas board
35.56 x 27.94 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1942

Alexander Calder
Obus (detail)
1972
painted sheet metal
361.8 x 385.9 x 227.6 cm (142 1/2 x 152 x 89 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes (detail)
1963
oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm (60 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams

Alexander Calder
Black, White, and Ten Red (detail)
1957
painted sheet metal and wire
83.8 x 365.8 cm (33 x 144 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, © 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Lesson Plans

Calder's Balancing Acts

Edgar Degas
Horse Walking
model early 1870s, cast c. 1920/1925
bronze
21 x 26.6 x 9.8 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Alexander Calder
Cheval Rouge (Red Horse)
1974
painted sheet metal
Courtesy Calder Foundation, New York,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Rearing Stallion
c. 1928
wire and painted wood
57.8 x 34.3 x 24.8 cm (22 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Horse
1970
sheet metal
height: 97.5 cm (38 3/8 in.)
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, Washington,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Cheval Rouge (Red Horse)
1974
painted sheet metal
Courtesy Calder Foundation, New York,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Untitled
1976
aluminum and steel
910.3 x 2315.5 cm (358 1/2 x 912 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee


Student Activities

Pippin's Story

Horace Pippin
Self-Portrait
1941
oil on canvas board
35.56 x 27.94 cm (14 x 11 in.)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1942

Horace Pippin
Interior
1944
oil on canvas
61.2 x 76.6 x 0.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Pippin Time Problems

Horace Pippin
Interior
1944
oil on canvas
61.2 x 76.6 x 0.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Calder's Balancing Acts

Alexander Calder
Obus
1972
painted sheet metal
361.8 x 385.9 x 227.6 cm (142 1/2 x 152 x 89 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Rearing Stallion
c. 1928
wire and painted wood
57.8 x 34.3 x 24.8 cm (22 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Little Spider
c. 1940
painted sheet metal and wire
139.7 x 127 cm (55 x 50 in.)
111.12 x 127 x 139.7 cm (43 3/4 x 50 x 55 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Vertical Constellation with Bomb
1943
painted steel wire, painted wood, and wood
77.5 x 75.6 x 61 cm (30 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 24 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder in his Roxbury, Connecticut studio, 1941
Photograph by Herbert Matter.
The Alexander and Louisa Calder Foundation, New York

Alexander Calder
Untitled
1976
aluminum and steel
910.3 x 2315.5 cm (358 1/2 x 912 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee

Calculating Calder

Alexander Calder
Black, White, and Ten Red
1957
painted sheet metal and wire
83.8 x 365.8 cm (33 x 144 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, © 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Frosted Fractions

Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes
1963
oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm (60 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams

Sugary Shapes

Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes
1963
oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm (60 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams


Worksheets

Write Your Own Interior Story

Horace Pippin
Interior
1944
oil on canvas
61.2 x 76.6 x 0.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Spiral Patterns in Art

Alexander Calder
Black, White, and Ten Red
1957
painted sheet metal and wire
83.8 x 365.8 cm (33 x 144 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, © 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Georgia O’Keeffe
Shell No. 1
1928
oil on canvas
17.8 x 17.8 cm (7 x 7 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Bequest of Georgia O'Keeffe

Alexander Calder
Untitled
1976
aluminum and steel
910.3 x 2315.5 cm (358 1/2 x 912 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee

Edward Steichen
Sunflower in a White Vase, from the series Sunflowers from Seed to Seed
1920-1961
photograph
Reproduced with permission of Joanna T. Steichen

Take the Cake!

Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes
1963
oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm (60 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams

Delicious Diagrams

Wayne Thiebaud
Cakes
1963
oil on canvas
152.4 x 182.9 cm (60 x 72 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art from the Collectors Committee, the 50th Anniversary Gift Committee, and The Circle, with Additional Support from the Abrams Family in Memory of Harry N. Abrams


Bios / Resources

Meet Horace Pippin

Pippin and his wife Jennie
Chester Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Horace Pippin
Domino Players
1943
oil on composition board
32.385 x 55. 88 cm. (12 3/4 x 22 in.)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., acquired 1943

Horace Pippin
Abe Lincoln, The Great Emancipator
1942
oil on fabric
24 x 30 in.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Helen Hooker Roelofs (142.77)

Horace Pippin
The End of the War: Starting Home
1930-1933
oil on canvas
66 x 76.4 cm (26 x 30 1/16 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Robert Carlen, 1941

Horace Pippin
Harmonizing
1944
oil on canvas
62.2 x 77.2 cm (24 1/2 x 30 3/8 in.)
©Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio. Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1964

Horace Pippin
Interior
1944
oil on canvas
61.2 x 76.6 x 0.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Calder Close-Up

Alexander Calder in his Roxbury, Connecticut studio, 1941 (detail)
Photograph by Herbert Matter. The Alexander and Louisa Calder Foundation, New York

Alexander Calder
Self-Portrait
crayon on paper
5 7/8 x 9 in.
Private collection, © 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
The Circus
1932
pen and black ink on wove paper
51.44 x 74.3 cm (20 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Vertical Constellation with Bomb
1943
painted steel wire, painted wood, and wood
77.5 x 75.6 x 61 cm (30 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 24 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Untitled
1976
aluminum and steel
910.3 x 2315.5 cm (358 1/2 x 912 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee

Alexander Calder
Horse
1970
sheet metal
height: 97.5 cm (38 3/8 in.)
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, Washington,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Cheval Rouge (Red Horse)
1974
painted sheet metal
Courtesy Calder Foundation, New York,
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Obus
1972
painted sheet metal
361.8 x 385.9 x 227.6 cm (142 1/2 x 152 x 89 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
© 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alexander Calder
Southern Cross
1963
sheet metal, rod, bolts, and paint
617.2 x 823 x 535.9 cm (243 x 324 x 211 in.)
Private Collection, New York, © 2003 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Ten Things About Thiebaud

Wayne Thiebaud, c. 1985-1986
©Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Wayne Thiebaud drawing Aleck cartoons, Mather Army Air Field, 1943.
©Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Wayne Thiebaud
Pies, Pies, Pies
1961
Oil on canvas
20 x 30 inches
Crocker Art Museum, gift of Philip L. Ehlert in memory of Dorothy Evelyn Ehlert, © 1961 Paul LeBaron Thiebaud
©Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Wayne Thiebaud
Study of Cakes
c. 1965
brush and black ink and chinese white on wove paper
56.4 x 76.8 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Thiebaud Family, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Wayne Thiebaud
Suckers (State II)
published 1968
lithograph in red on Rives BFK paper
sheet: 40.7 x 56 cm (16 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Wayne Thiebaud
Three Machines
1963
oil on canvas
30 x 36 1/2 in.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Museum Purchase, Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein Foundation Fund and the Roscoe and Margaret Oakes Income Fund, with additional gifts from Claire E. Flagg; The Museum Society Auxiliary; Mr. and Mrs. George R. Roberts; Mr. and Mrs. John N. Rosekrans; and from the Morgan flagg Collection, 1993.18
©Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Wayne Thiebaud
Eight Lipsticks
1988
drypoint on Somerset Satin paper
image: 17.78 x 15.24 cm (7 x 6 in.)
sheet: 35.56 x 30.48 cm (14 x 12 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Kathan Brown

Wayne Thiebaud
Steep Street
1989
hardground etching, drypoint, aquatint, and spitbite aquatint with scraping and burnishing on Somerset Textured paper
image: 76.2 x 55.88 cm (30 x 22 in.)
sheet: 98.43 x 77.47 cm (38 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Kathan Brown

Wayne Thiebaud
Three Cows
1991
color drypoint on Somerset textured white paper
sheet: 45.72 x 50.8 cm (18 x 20 in.)
image: 22.86 x 30.48 cm (9 x 12 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Kathan Brown

Wayne Thiebaud
Man Sitting - Back View
1964
Oil on Canvas
91.4 x 74.9 cm (36 x 29 1/2 in.)
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art. St. Joseph, Missouri. Purchased with funds from the William Toben Memorial Fund and donations from museum friends
©Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY