Calder : the conquest of time : the early years, 1898-1940 / Jed Perl.
Calder : the conquest of time : the early years, 1898-1940 / Jed Perl.
Calder : the conquest of time : the early years, 1898-1940 / Jed Perl.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2018/0343
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 687 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: "I was framed" -- Philadelphia -- Stirling and Nanette -- Father and son -- Pasadena -- Croton-on-Hudson -- The Panama-Pacific International Exposition -- The Stevens Institute of Technology -- Engineering -- The Art Students League -- Animal sketching -- Paris -- Cirque Calder -- Wire scu...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America's unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist's death, is the full story of his life being told in this biography, which is bas...
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Full title
Calder : the conquest of time : the early years, 1898-1940 / Jed Perl.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-649) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2018/0343
Record Identifier
74VKVGA6QBNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGA6QBNZ
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780307272720 (hardcover)
0307272729 (hardcover)
DDC
730.92 B
MMS ID
991024154600202626
