Alexander Calder

Snake on a Post
1944

A photograph of an abstract metal sculpture with a textured surface, featuring a central conical base that extends into looping, curved shapes with one elongated tendril reaching upwards, all set against a plain, light background.

A photograph of an abstract metal sculpture with a textured surface, featuring a central conical base that extends into looping, curved shapes with one elongated tendril reaching upwards, all set against a plain, light background.

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Date
1944

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 24 1/4 × 24 1/2 × 24 7/8in. (61.6 × 62.2 × 63.2 cm)

Accession number
70.3a-b

Edition
2/6

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

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