id:			160914
accession number:	1999.194
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.194
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:39.312000

Two Systems, c.1946. Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976). Aluminum sheet, iron wire, and paint; overall: 45.8 x 160 x 198 cm (18 1/16 x 63 x 77 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Odette Valabrègue Wurzburger in memory of her late husband, Paul D. Wurzburger 1999.194 © Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Two Systems
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creation date:			c.1946
creation date earliest:		1941
creation date latest:		1951
current location:		226B American Modern
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Odette Valabrègue Wurzburger in memory of her late husband, Paul D. Wurzburger
copyright:			© Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	aluminum sheet, iron wire, and paint
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: 45.8 x 160 x 198 cm (18 1/16 x 63 x 77 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1999-
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	Odette Valabregue Wurzburger, Cleveland, OH gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1966-1999
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	(Perls Galleries, NY, January, 1966, sold to Paul D and Odette Valabregue Wurzburger)
	date: 1966
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	Perls Galleries, NY, Jan. 1966
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CITATIONS

	Litt, Steven. "Major Calder mobile given to museum." <em>The Plain Dealer </em>September 2,1999.
	page number: 	Mentioned: 1-E; Reproduced: 4-E
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Mrs. Paul Wurzburger Donates Major Calder Mobile to Cleveland Museum of Art,” September 8, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4281

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 120, n. 83; Reproduced: p. 103
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	Cole, Mark. "American Art of the 1930s to 1950s." <em>Cleveland Art</em> 54 (January/February 2014) .
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 21; Reproduced: p. 21
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 23
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