Calder in Connecticut /
"Perhaps the most influential and best loved of all twentieth-century sculptors, Alexander Calder worked primarily in Connecticut after settling in a Roxbury farmhouse in 1933. Connecticut provided a richly stimulating creative environment for him in the critical years when he developed his uni...
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New York, N.Y. :
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications,
2000.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "Perhaps the most influential and best loved of all twentieth-century sculptors, Alexander Calder worked primarily in Connecticut after settling in a Roxbury farmhouse in 1933. Connecticut provided a richly stimulating creative environment for him in the critical years when he developed his unique mobiles and stabiles and established his artistic reputation. This intimate and engaging portrait of Calder, at work and at play, offers new insight into how his art was shaped by the state's landscape, his home and studio, his family, and the fascinating circle of artists, writers, curators, and collectors who befriended him. Engaging and authoritative, this visual biography includes many previously unpublished photographs, documents, and reproductions of little-known art works. An account of the home and studio by Alexander S.C. Rower, Calder's grandson, and an affectionate tribute by Calder's neighbor, playwright Arthur Miller, complete the volume, produced in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | "This publication was produced in conjunction with the exhibition Calder in Connecticut at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, April 28-August 6, 2000"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 168 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163). |
| ISBN: | 0847822494 9780847822492 0918333156 9780918333155 |