Alexander Calder

Menagerie
1975

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold primary colors and black outlines. The upper left corner has two outlined circles against a yellow background, while the upper right corner shows a black spiral on white. A radiant red sunburst emanates from the bottom center, above which is a blue and red circle overlapping to create a crescent shape. The bottom strip of the painting displays stylized black figures, including a stick figure and two animal-like forms, one in blue and the other in black and white. The artist's signature "Calder 75" is in the lower right corner.

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold primary colors and black outlines. The upper left corner has two outlined circles against a yellow background, while the upper right corner shows a black spiral on white. A radiant red sunburst emanates from the bottom center, above which is a blue and red circle overlapping to create a crescent shape. The bottom strip of the painting displays stylized black figures, including a stick figure and two animal-like forms, one in blue and the other in black and white. The artist's signature "Calder 75" is in the lower right corner.

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Date
1975

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and brush and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 1/2 × 43 1/4in. (74.9 × 109.9 cm)

Accession number
75.42

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/2776

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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