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Calder, Alexander,
Etablissement Biemont,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
The Big Sail, (sculpture).
Artist:
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor.
Etablissement
Biemont
,
fabricator
.
Title:
The Big Sail, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
La Grande Voile, (sculpture).
Dates:
1965. Dedicated 1966.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted steel; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 40 ft. x W. 30 ft.
Inscription:
(On sculpture:) CA 65 (On plaque, west side of base:) GIFT OF/MR. AND MRS. EUGENE MCDERMOTT/ALEXANDER/CALDER B. 1898/THE BIG SAIL/1966 signed
Description:
A large abstract sculpture made of thirty-two plates of steel bolted together. The sculpture rests on a flat concrete base.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Located Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McDermott Court, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Remarks:
For additional information see: "Art and Architecture at MIT: A Walking Tour of the Campus," Committee on the Visual Arts, 2nd ed., Sept. 1988.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, 1991.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 77000553
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