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Calder, Alexander,
Abstract -- Geometric
Homage -- Cafritz, Gwendolyn
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Stabile
Sculpture
Gwenfritz, (sculpture).
Artist:
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor.
Title:
Gwenfritz, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1968. Dedicated June 2, 1969.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Iron.
Dimensions:
H. 413 3/8 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Homage -- Cafritz, Gwendolyn
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
Stabile
Sculpture
Owner:
On loan to Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560
Lent by Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1969.116
Provenance:
Gift of Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 1969.
Remarks:
The sculpture was based on a design titled Object in Five Planes, an outdoor stabile Calder gave to the United Nations in 1966 and retitled Peace. The 1964 maquette was adapted for the Smithsonian site. An intermediate maquette was created in 1968, from which the final work was enlarged. The sculpture is named after Gwendolyn Cafritz, of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, who sponsored the project. Calder originally proposed that the sculpture be part of a larger fountain setting. It was placed instead in a static pool near the mall site of the National Museum of American History and dedicated on June 2, 1969. The sculpture was moved from that setting in 1984, as part of Lady Bird Johnson's beautification program and was placed at the side of the museum on Fourteenth Street, among a grove of trees.
References:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
Prather, Marla, "Alexander Calder: 1898-1976," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, G-15.
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 08580204
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