Alexander Calder

Indian Feathers
1969

A modern kinetic sculpture featuring a series of colorful, paddle-like elements balanced on a central, orange, metal arm, which is anchored to an elliptical base on a grey floor. The paddles are arranged in a branching formation, with each paddle painted in a different color—white, yellow, purple, black, and brown. The sculpture conveys a sense of movement and balance, with the potential for the paddles to rotate around the central axis.

A modern kinetic sculpture featuring a series of colorful, paddle-like elements balanced on a central, orange, metal arm, which is anchored to an elliptical base on a grey floor. The paddles are arranged in a branching formation, with each paddle painted in a different color—white, yellow, purple, black, and brown. The sculpture conveys a sense of movement and balance, with the potential for the paddles to rotate around the central axis.

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Date
1969

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Painted aluminum, and stainless steel

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

Accession number
69.260a-e

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 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

Alexander Calder
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