Alexander Calder

Indian Feathers

1969

Orange metal balancing sculpture with long arm holding several colorful paddle-shaped weights in motion.
Orange metal balancing sculpture with long arm holding several colorful paddle-shaped weights in motion.

Alexander Calder, Indian Feathers, 1969. Painted aluminum, and stainless steel, overall: 136 3/4 × 91 × 63 in. (347.4 × 231.1 × 160 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 69.260a-e. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Installation

Not on view

Date
1969

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted aluminum, and stainless steel

Dimensions
Overall: 136 3/4 × 91 × 63 in. (347.4 × 231.1 × 160 cm)

Accession number
69.260a-e

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

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

API
artworks/1550





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