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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. Pages unmarked and uncreased. Sound and serviceable overall. Publisher's note: Catalogue of a centenary retrospective exhibition of 265 objects by Alexander Calder, including sculptures, paintings, drawings and jewelry. Text of the catalogue is divided into five chronological sections each of which is accompanied by a detailed chronology. The exhibition emphasizes the artist's early career into the 1940s when he created his first mobiles, stabiles and standing mobiles. His monumental public scuptures from the last two-and-a-half decades of his career is the focus of the final section. The publication also includes an essay titled Staging Movement by Arnauld Pierre and a detailed exhibition history by Alexander S.C. Rower. Size: 30.5 x 26.6 x 3.7 cm. 367 pp. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976--Exhibitions; Sculpture, Modern--United States--20th century--Exhibitions; Sculpture, Modern--United States--20th century--Exhibitions; ISBN: 0300075189. ISBN/EAN: 9780300075182. Add. Inventory No: 250110LFM0135212.

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Washington, DC / New Haven, Connecticut: National Gallery of Art / Yale University Press, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG (light scuffs & smudges to boards; light sunning to upper edges of boards. may have small, coffee-like spot to lower textblock. dj has rubbed edge-wear, scuffs & scraches). Black cloth, grey ill. DJ. 366 pp. Numerous bw and 267 color plates. 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 Calder's 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 artist's 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 Calder's role as one of the great formal innovators of the century. Each work of art selected from those produced during his prolific career is reproduced here in color and is accompanied by comparative works, informative essays, and extensive chronology.This book is the catalogue of a major centenary exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on March 29, 1998 and then travels to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 367 p.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 368 pages; fair condition, spine slanted; ex-public library copy wit call number on dj spine; stamp to first page; light abrasions to first and last page from removed card pockets; light wear to dj; no internal marks. As is; reference copy. Foreign shipping may be extra

Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. Pages unmarked and uncreased. Sound and serviceable overall. Publisher's note: Catalogue of a centenary retrospective exhibition of 265 objects by Alexander Calder, including sculptures, paintings, drawings and jewelry. Text of the catalogue is divided into five chronological sections each of which is accompanied by a detailed chronology. The exhibition emphasizes the artist's early career into the 1940s when he created his first mobiles, stabiles and standing mobiles. His monumental public scuptures from the last two-and-a-half decades of his career is the focus of the final section. The publication also includes an essay titled Staging Movement by Arnauld Pierre and a detailed exhibition history by Alexander S.C. Rower. Size: 30.5 x 26.6 x 3.7 cm. 367 pp. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 -- Exhibitions; Sculpture, Modern -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Sculpture, Modern -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; ISBN: 0300075189. ISBN/EAN: 9780300075182. Add. Inventory No: 250110LFM0135212.

Black cloth, grey ill. DJ. 366 pp. Numerous bw and 267 color plates. 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 Calder's 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 artist's 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 Calder's role as one of the great formal innovators of the century. Each work of art selected from those produced during his prolific career is reproduced here in color and is accompanied by comparative works, informative essays, and extensive chronology. This book is the catalogue of a major centenary exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., on March 29, 1998 and then travels to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.