id:			136649
accession number:	1961.195
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.195
updated:		2020-11-04 20:48:30.145000

White Loops and Red Spiral, 1959. Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976). Painted steel and aluminum; overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Halle Bros. Co. 1961.195 © Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				White Loops and Red Spiral
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creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
current location:		225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
creditline:			Gift of The Halle Bros. Co.
copyright:			© Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	painted steel and aluminum
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	initialled and dated on one of white shapes:  CA 59
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Works from the Contemporary Collection
	opening date:   1969-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Works from the Contemporary Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 1-October 15, 1969).

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors
	opening date:   1995-11-22T05:00:00
	<i>Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA:  Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969

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PROVENANCE

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digital description: 
Alexander Calder’s training as a mechanical engineer reinforced his lifelong interest in moving objects and inspired him to invent the mobile, a new type of sculpture that ranks among the most innovative discoveries in modern art. Calder's mobiles are often suspended from the ceiling, but here the mobile hangs on top of a black support structure. Both the spiral and irregular loops of the mobile are recurring forms in Calder's sculptural work.

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