Alexander Calder

The Big I

1944

A large stylized letter I surrounded by abstract celestial and organic shapes titled "The Big I".
A large stylized letter I surrounded by abstract celestial and organic shapes titled "The Big I".

Alexander Calder, The Big I, 1944. Etching and aquatint, sheet: 11 7/16 × 16 1/4 in. (29.1 × 41.3 cm) Plate: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee 83.47. © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Date
1944

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 16 1/4 in. (29.1 × 41.3 cm) Plate: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (17.5 × 22.5 cm)

Accession number
83.47

Edition
7/30

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

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

API
artworks/3671




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