Jerusalem Stabile, (sculpture).

Jerusalem Stabile, (sculpture).

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor.

Jerusalem Stabile, (sculpture).

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Steel, painted orange.

Sculpture: approx. 90.5 x 135 x 169 in.

(On east side of one of south legs of sculpture, close to the ground, signed with artist's monogram, letter "C" overlapping letter "A" in a vertical arrangement) 76 signed

"The sculpture represents a three-part animal-like form that is in a state of undulating movement. It is constructed of sheet steel, painted orange. The steel plates have been cut and fitted together as legs, a backbone, and tail. A three-dimensional effect is created by attaching the planar surfaces together horizontally and vertically with metal bolts or rivets. The west end of the form consists of three curved legs (or two legs and a trunk). These are attached by connector plates similar to a backbone, to a solid, middle plate with other smaller appendages. Two additional backbone connectors attach to the eastern end: a curved plate that parallels the middle one but has a piece fitted at a right angle to extend as a tail."

Study -- Maquette

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Located University of Pennsylvania, Plaza in Front of Meyerson Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Donated by Philip and Muriel Berman. This sculpture is a maquette for a 50-ton stabile that the Berman's commissioned for Jerusalem. For related article see Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 8, 1976, pg. 13-A.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

Institute of Contemporary Art, 1976.

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