Alexander Calder

Four Black Dots
1974

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold black and white concentric patterns that swirl around a central red teardrop shape, set against a bright yellow background on the left and a fiery red and orange pattern on the right. Three black circles of varying sizes are positioned in the lower left corner. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.

A vibrant abstract painting featuring bold black and white concentric patterns that swirl around a central red teardrop shape, set against a bright yellow background on the left and a fiery red and orange pattern on the right. Three black circles of varying sizes are positioned in the lower left corner. The artwork is signed and dated in the bottom right corner.

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Date
1974

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/8 × 43 1/8in. (74.6 × 109.5 cm)

Accession number
74.94

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/2777

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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