Alexander Calder

Contour Plowing
1974

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold black lines creating a swirling pattern, with shapes filled in with primary colors red, yellow, and blue, against a white background. The bottom section is filled with a bright red color. The artwork is signed "Calder '74" in the bottom right corner.

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold black lines creating a swirling pattern, with shapes filled in with primary colors red, yellow, and blue, against a white background. The bottom section is filled with a bright red color. The artwork is signed "Calder '74" in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1974

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and brush and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/16 × 43 1/8in. (74.1 × 109.5 cm)

Accession number
74.91

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

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

API
artworks/2775

Exhibitions

American Legends: From Calder to O’Keeffe

Dec 22, 2012–June 29, 2014

Alexander Calder
186 works in the collection

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