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Alexander Calder

Movement in Space, 1932

Not on View

Medium

orange gouache and black ink on wove paper

Dimensions

Overall: 57.8 x 78.1 cm (22 3/4 x 30 3/4 in.)

framed: 73.7 x 94 cm (29 x 37 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls

Accession Number

1996.120.20

Artists / Makers

Alexander Calder (artist) American, 1898 - 1976

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Inscription

lower right in black ink: Calder 1932

Provenance

Klaus and Dolly Perls, New York; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Perls, Klaus

Exhibition History

1997: Alexander Calder: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 5.

1998: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998, no. 61.

1999: Cosmos: From Romanticism to the Avant-garde, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; Centro de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona; Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1999-2000, no. 37, repro. (shown only in Montreal).

2005: "The Surreal Calder", The Menil Collection, Houston, 2005-2006, no. 75.

2006: The Surreal Calder, The Menil Collection, Houston; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Minneapolis Instute of Arts, 2005, cat. no. 75.

Bibliography

1997: Alexander Calder: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997: no. 5.

1998: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1998: no. 61.

1999: Cosmos From Romanticism to the Avant-garde. Exh cat. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, 1999: no. 37.

2008: Simon, Joan and Brigette Léal. Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2008-2009. New York, 2008, 192, p.252.

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