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The Big I

1944

Alexander Calder

Artist, American, 1898 - 1976

Atelier 17

Printer

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving, etching and aquatint in black
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

plate: 11.6 x 17.3 cm (4 9/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
sheet: 24.6 x 32.6 cm (9 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Accession

2008.115.1147

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Wittenborn, New York; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Exhibition History

2009

Alexander Calder: Printmaker. Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Greenwich, Connecticut, 2009-2010, no cat.

2016

Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 109.

Inscriptions

along lower edge in graphite: To George Wittenborn, cordially Sandy Calder; lower right verso in graphite: Sandy Calder

Wikidata ID

Q76550223

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