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Five Disks: One Empty, (sculpture). Artist:  Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor. Etablissement Biemont, fabricator. Title:  Five Disks: One Empty, (sculpture). Dates:  1969-1970. Cast 1970. Installed 1971. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted mild steel. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 26 ft. 3 in. x 21 ft. x 15 ft. Inscription:  (On large front leg of sculpture:) AC/70 signed Description:  A black-painted abstract sculpture with a circle cut out of the center. The sculpture rests on four legs, each bolted to a small square base. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Princeton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Princeton University, Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 Located Princeton University, Washington Road between Fine Hall & Jadwin Hall, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 Remarks:  The inscription on a plaque in the ground in front of the sculpture reads: Alexander Calder/1892-1976/FIVE DISKS, ONE EMPTY, 1970/The John B. Putnam, Jr. '45/Memorial Collection. The inscription on a plaque in the wall behind the sculpture reads: IN MEMORIAM/Edward Dillon 1913-1970/Robert J. Fuccello 1933-1970/Two highly skilled artisans, masters of the craft/of construction died of injuries in a trial erection of Alexander Calder's stabile "Five Disks, One Empty"/on June 3, 1970./The price of commitment is never ending. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 The Art Museum, Princeton University, "Living with Modern Sculpture: The John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection," 1982, pg. 40-43. Princeton University, Art Museum, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. The Art Museum, Princeton University, "Living with Modern Sculpture: The John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection," pg. 40, no. 2. Related Works:  For model see: 76001828. 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 76001826   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76001826 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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