In 1926, Alexander Calder (18981976) moved from New York to Paris and began to use time and motion as "materials" for animating line and space. Calder s years in Parisan understudied part of the artist s careeris the focus of this marvelous publication.A team of international scholars discusses Calder s many innovations of this period, chief among them his abstract, motorized, and mobile works. They analyze the extended cast of Calder s animated "Circus, " made in Paris between 1926 and 1931, and include previously ...
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In 1926, Alexander Calder (18981976) moved from New York to Paris and began to use time and motion as "materials" for animating line and space. Calder s years in Parisan understudied part of the artist s careeris the focus of this marvelous publication.A team of international scholars discusses Calder s many innovations of this period, chief among them his abstract, motorized, and mobile works. They analyze the extended cast of Calder s animated "Circus, " made in Paris between 1926 and 1931, and include previously unpublished photographs by Brassai and Kertesz of Calder and this beloved performative sculpture. The essays critically explore the intellectual, cultural, and artisticmilieu of Paris in the late 1920s andearly 1930s and the contexts of Calder s friendships with Miro, Mondrian, Duchamp, and Man Ray, among others. What emerges in this fascinating book is a nuanced and detailed understanding of how Calder s distinctivecareer first took flight."
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Near Fine. 0300126220. Large format hardcover, issued without a dustjacket, this nice gift copy has a few faint rub-marks to the surface and no other flaws, "follows Calder's progression from painter to sculptor in Paris in the 1920s and early 1930s, " features many illustrations in color and black and white; 304 pages.
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