Portrait of De Celeyran (Michel Tapié)
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Portrait of De Celeyran (Michel Tapié)
1920 - 194020th
12.63 in. x 11.75 in. x 9 in. (32.07 cm x 29.85 cm x 22.86 cm)
Alexander Calder, (1898–1976)
User Text 1 World famous for his unique development of sculptures in motion, Alexander Calder started his career as an engineer before attending the Art Students League in New York. In Paris in 1926 he began fashioning figures and animals in wire and wood, gradually assembling a whole menagerie. From circus figures Calder branched out into fashioning caricatures entirely in linear wire, like the Portrait of De Celeyran (Michel Tapié). In the 1930s Calder launched his mobiles, carefully balanced works with naturalistic, petal-like shapes turning slowly in space. After World War II Calder received several large commissions including a giant mobile for New York's Kennedy airport and one for UNESCO in Paris.
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Wire
Credit Line:
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Accession Number:
1992.310
Current Location:
Chazen : Gallery : 11
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends The Elvehjem Art Center , 9/11/1970 - 11/8/1970
- Alexander Calder: The Paris Years Centre Pompidou , 10/16/2008 - 7/20/2009
- Calder's Portraits: A New Language National Portrait Gallery , 3/11/2011 - 8/14/2011
- Beyond Likeness: Mapping the Self University of Wisconsin-Madison , 2/19/2016 - 4/3/2016
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 12.63 in. x 11.75 in. x 9 in. (32.07 cm x 29.85 cm x 22.86 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Simon, Joan and Brigitte Leal. "Alexander Calder: The Paris Years 1926-1933." Yale University Press, 2008.
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Yale University.
2008
Page Number: p. 83, Figure Number: pl. 33 -
Simon, Joan and Brigitte Leal. "Alexander Calder: les années parisiennes 1926-1933." Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2009.
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Éditions du Centre Pompidou.
Paris, 2009
Page Number: p. 293, Figure Number: cat. no.144 - Herman, Lloyd. "Transformations: Recycled Materials in Contemporary American Art and Design." Bellingham, WA: Whatcom Museum of History and Art, 1998. . Whatcom Museum of History and Art. 1998
- Zabel, Barbara. "Wired: Portrais of Alexander Calder." Washington: Smithsonian Institute, 2009 . Smithsonian Institute. 2009
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Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970.
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Regents of the University of Wisconsin.
Madison, 1970
Page Number: p. 90, Figure Number: no. 101 -
Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990.
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Elvehjem Museum of Art.
1990
Figure Number: no. 124 -
Zabel, Barbara. "Calder’s Portraits: A New Language." Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2011.
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Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
Washington, DC, 2011
Page Number: p. 113, Figure Number: no. 92 -
Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1991-1993." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1994.
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Elvehjem Museum of Art.
1994
Page Number: p. 185 - Calder Foundation. "Calder's Work and Life: Archive." Accessed June 23, 2021. https://calder.org/archive/all/works/. . Calder Foundation. 2021
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