Alexander Calder / Cage within a Cage / ca. 1939

Alexander Calder
Cage within a Cage
ca. 1939
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Creator Name: Calder, Alexander
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1898-1976
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Alexander Calder
Title: Cage within a Cage
Title Type: Title
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1939
Creation End Date: 1939
Creation Date: ca. 1939
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: Painted metal, wood and string
Parts and Pieces: 75.23a,a),a); 75.23b,b),b)
Dimensions: Overall 37 x 26 9/16 x 58 1/4 in.(93.98 x 67.47 x 147.96 cm. )75.23a 19 1/4 x 10 x 3 1/2 in.75.23b 37 x 26 9/16 x 58 1/4 in.
AMICA Contributor: Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 75.23a-b
Credit Line: Gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.
Copyright: ? Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Rights: http://www.arsny.com
Provenance: Collection of the artist, ca. 1939 -Perls Galleries, New York, 1975
Condition: 01/18/1993 ,Satisfactory ,a) few paint losses lower corners/edges ,
Context - Person: Calder Alexander
Context - Person: Lipman, Howard and Jean, Foundation, Inc.
Context - Date: 1939 - 1939
Exhibition History: Picasso and the Age of Iron
Exhibition History: "Celebrating Calder"
Exhibition History: "Elan Vital"
Exhibition History: Leonard & Evelyn Lauder Galleries
Exhibition History: The Nature of Inspiration: Modern Masters from the Whitney Museum
Exhibition History: Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century
AMICA ID: WMAA.75.23a-b
Component Measured: object
Measurement Dimension: height
Measurement Value: 93.98
Measurement Unit: cm
Measurement Dimension: width
Measurement Value: 67.47
Measurement Dimension: depth
Measurement Value: 147.96
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright Whitney Museum of American Art

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