Bibliograph

Alexander Calder, the Paris years, 1926-1933, Joan Simon and Brigitte Léal ; with contributions from Henry Petroski ... [and others]

Type

Label

Alexander Calder, the Paris years, 1926-1933, Joan Simon and Brigitte Léal ; with contributions from Henry Petroski ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-293) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alexander Calder

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

183257437

Responsibility statement

Joan Simon and Brigitte Léal ; with contributions from Henry Petroski ... [and others]

Series statement

A Whitney Museum of American Art book

Sub title

the Paris years, 1926-1933

Table Of Contents

Alexander Calder : the Paris years / Joan Simon -- Plates : Caricatures, portraits, figures -- Calder the illustrator : corporeal writing to organic sign / Brigitte Leal -- Plates : Animals, toys, circus -- Calder as artist-engineer : vectors, velocities / Henry Petroski -- The search for ubiquity : Calder and the reproduction of his works, 1927-32 / Quentin Bajac -- Clader's once and future circus : a conservator's perspective / Eleonora Nagy with Carol Mancusi-Ungaro -- The alchemist : Alexander Calder and surrealism / Pepe Karmel -- Parisian metamorphosis in four acts / Annie Cohen-Solal -- Painting and working in the abstract : Calder's oeuvre and constructive art / Arnauld Pierre -- Plates : Abstraction -- Chronology / Alexander S.C. Rower

Classification