ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976
Marla Prather and A. S. C. Rower
Alexander Calder, Marla Prather, A. S. C. Rower: ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976. Washington DC / New Haven: National Gallery of Art / Yale University Press, 1998. First edition, second printing. 4to. A fine hardcover book in full black cloth with silver stamped titling on front cover and spine in a fine photographically-printed dust jacket. Interior unmarkd and very clean. out of print and rather uncommon. 10 x 12 hardcover book with 368 pages and 250 color and 70 b/w illustrations that document Calder's development as a sculptor. Related works on paper, paintings, and jewelry provide additional context for the sculpture. This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue includes essays by Marla Prather and French scholar Arnauld Pierre and a comprehensive bibliography, exhibition history, and chronology provided by Alexander S.C. Rower, the author of the forthcoming Calder catalogue raisonné.
ALEXANDER CALDER 1898-1976 is a stunning catalogue of the major centenary exhibit that opened at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on March 29, 1998 and then traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Produced by the sensitive craftsmen at the Yale University Press, this book is a magnificent production -- easily as beautiful as the work it carefully catalogues.
Calder changed the very definition of sculpture by perpetually inventing new shapes and forms that necessitated coining the terms "mobile" and "stabile" for description.
From the Publisher: "The striking mobile sculptures of Alexander Calder are among the most notable and original creations of twentieth-century art. Combining for the first time movement and sculpture, these works represent a new and highly influential departure from the practices of the past. Yet Calder's work ranges much more widely. This lavishly illustrated book reflects the full diversity of Calderıs oeuvre and explores an outstanding selection of more than two hundred of his works.
Based on access to family archives, an overview of Calder's entire career, and contributions from the artistıs grandson Alexander S. C. Rower, this book for the first time presents the artist in a serious light and proper historical context. Without ignoring the playful and whimsical dimension of his work, the book emphasizes Calderıs role as one of the great formal innovators of the century. Each work of art selected from his prolific career is reproduced here in color and is accompanied by comparative works, informative essays, and extensive chronology."
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