Mountains and Clouds, (sculpture).

Mountains and Clouds, (sculpture).

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor.

Mountains and Clouds, (sculpture).

Painted aluminum and steel.

H. 51 ft. x W. 75 ft. (15.6 x 22.9 m)

Painted black rotating clouds suspended over stationary mountains are located within a nine-story atrium with white marble interior walls.

Landscape -- Mountain

Landscape -- Weather -- Cloud

Administered by United States Senate, Washington, District of Columbia 20510 Accession Number: 25.00007

Located United States Capitol, Hart Senate Office Building, atrium, Washington, District of Columbia 20201

Commissioned by the Senate in 1975. Calder designed the sculpture in 1976 and presented a maquette that same year. Despite his death, the sculpture was fabricated (with delays because of lack of funds) and finally installed in 1986.

Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate catalogue of fine art," Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002.

Kloss, William & Diane K. Skvarla, "United States Senate catalogue of fine art," Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002, pg. 295.

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