
Art Institute of Chicago
(3 x 5) + 1
Alexander Calder · 1949
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Roxbury, CT; probably sold to Buchholz Gallery, New York, 1949 [New York 1949]; sold to the Society for Contemporary American Art (now the Society for Contemporary Art), 1950; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 22, 1950.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Buchholz Gallery, Alexander Calder, Nov. 30–Dec. 17, 1949, cat. 3.
- Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 10th Annual Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary American Art, May 16–June 4, 1950, no cat. no.
- London, Tate Gallery, Alexander Calder: Sculpture, Mobiles, July 4–Aug. 12, 1962, cat. 45.
- St. Louis, MO, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Calder Lightness, Richard Tuttle Wire Pieces, Fred Sandback, 64 Three-Part Pieces, May 1–Sept. 12, 2015, no cat. no.
Literature
Published references
- Buchholz Gallery, Alexander Calder, exh. cat. (New York: 1949), n.p., cat. 3.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, 10th Annual Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary American Art, exh. brochure (1950), no cat. no.
- Alexander Calder: Sculptures, Mobiles, exh. cat., (London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1962), 21, cat. 45.
- Carmen Giménez, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and Tamara H. Schenkenberg, Calder Lightness, Richard Tuttle Wire Pieces, Fred Sandback, 64 Three-Part Pieces, exh. cat. (St. Louis, MO: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2015), n.p., no cat. no.
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