Alexander Calder

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
c. 1947

A vibrant red, abstract sculpture resembling a stylized chair with elongated, pointed features and cut-out circles, displayed on a white pedestal against a neutral background.

A vibrant red, abstract sculpture resembling a stylized chair with elongated, pointed features and cut-out circles, displayed on a white pedestal against a neutral background.

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Date
c. 1947

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted sheet metal

Dimensions
Overall: 35 × 27 3/16 × 11in. (88.9 × 69.1 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2003.433

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Peter Lipman in memory of Jean and Howard Lipman

Rights and reproductions
© Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/13341

Exhibitions

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014
Highlights from the Permanent Collection: From Hopper to Mid-Century

Feb 25, 2000–May 20, 2006

Alexander Calder
186 works in the collection

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