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Calder's Portraits

SELF-PORTRAIT (AGE 9)

Artist: Alexander Calder

1907

Crayon on paper

Image/Sheet: 14.9 x 22.9cm (5 7/8 x 9")

Calder Foundation

A00497 AC

MARY REYNOLDS

Artist: Man Ray

c. 1925-1935

Photographic reproduction

Image: 70 x 47.5cm (27 9/16 x 18 11/16")

EXH.EE.1113

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR.

Artist: Henry Major

c. 1925

Pencil on paper

Image: 17.7 x 16.6cm (6 15/16 x 6 9/16")

Sheet: 24.3 x 21.4cm (9 9/16 x 8 7/16")

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

NPG.86.122

CALVIN COOLIDGE

Artist: Miguel Covarrubias

c. 1925

Watercolor and ink over graphite and colored pencil on buff paper

Image: 32.6 x 24.8cm (12 13/16 x 9 3/4")

Sheet: 35 x 24.8cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/4")


NPG.79.76

SELF-PORTRAIT


c. 1925

Watercolor on paper

Sheet: 61 x 50.8cm (24 x 20")

Calder Foundation

A04441 AC

of 15**Images are for study purposes only and may not be reproduced without permission of the owner**2/23/2011

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER


c. 1927

Wire and wood

43.8 x 22.9 x 47cm (17 1/4 x 9 x 18 1/2")

Jonathan O'Hara Gallery

EXH.AC.64

CALVIN COOLIDGE


1927

Wire, wood, and paint

With Base: 45.7 x 43.2 x 22.9cm (18 x 17 x 9")

Calder Foundation

A03703 AC

UNTITLED (THE ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN OR THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS)


c. 1928

Wire and wood

43.2 x 61 x 10.2cm (17 x 24 x 4")

Private Collection

EXH.AC.39

CARL ZIGROSSER


c. 1928

Wire

Without Base: 35.6 x 26.7 x 25.4cm (14 x 10 1/2 x 10")

With Base: 45.4 x 26.7 x 25.4cm (17 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 10")

Philadelphia Museum of Art

EXH.AC.52

LAURA CANADÈ ZIGROSSER


c. 1928

Wire on wood base

With Base: 48.3 x 24.1 x 27.9cm (19 x 9 1/2 x 11")


EXH.AC.54


KATHARINE CORNELL

Artist: Edward Jean Steichen

1924


Image: 70 x 55cm (27 9/16 x 21 5/8")


EXH.EE.1105

PORTRAIT OF A MAN, NEW YORK


c. 1929

Wire

32.7 x 22.2 x 34.3cm (12 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 13 1/2")

Museum of Modern Art

A04721 AC

AZTEC JOSEPHINE BAKER


c. 1929

Copy photograph of wire sculpture

Image: 53 x 10cm (20 7/8 x 3 15/16")

EXH.EE.1353

DE CELEYRAN (MICHEL TAPIÉ)


c. 1930

Pencil on paper

Sheet: 21.6 x 27.9cm (8 1/2 x 11")

Calder Foundation

A23112 AC

PORTRAIT OF EDGAR VARÈSE


c. 1930

Pencil on paper

Sheet: 21.1 x 26.8cm (8 5/16 x 10 9/16")

Calder Foundation

A23116 AC


JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, AGE 85, PLAYING GOLF IN ORMOND, FLORIDA

1925


Image: 70 x 87.5cm (27 9/16 x 34 7/16")

EXH.EE.1116

SELF-PORTRAIT


1925

Oil on canvas

50.8cm x 40.6cm (20" x 16")


NPG.71.35

STUDY OF MAN (POSSIBLY FERNAND LÉGER)


c. 1930

Pencil on paper

Sheet: 21.3 x 26.8cm (8 3/8 x 10 9/16")

Mat: 35.6 x 45.7cm (14 x 18")

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

EXH.AC.46

EDGAR VARÈSE


c. 1930

Wire

34.9 x 29.5 x 36.8cm (13 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 14 1/2")

Whitney Museum of American Art

EXH.AC.50

PORTRAIT OF MICHEL TAPIÉ


c. 1930

Brass wire

With Base: 32.1 x 29.8 x 22.9cm (12 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 9")

Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

EXH.AC.69


JOSEPHINE BAKER AS "FATOU," PROGRAM FOR THE FOLIES-BERGERE,

PARIS

Artist: Stanislaus Julian Walery

1926


Image: 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16")

EXH.EE.1324

JOHN GRAHAM


c. 1931

Wire

30.5 x 20.3 x 22.9cm (12 x 8 x 9")

Rebecca and Candida Smith

EXH.AC.42

BABE RUTH

Artist: Nickolas Muray

1927 (printed 1978)


Image: 70 x 57.5cm (27 9/16 x 22 5/8")


EXH.EE.1108

CHARLES LINDBERGH

Artist: Unidentified Artist

1927


Image: 70 x 52.5cm (27 9/16 x 20 11/16")


EXH.EE.1162

FRANK CROWNINSHIELD


1928

Wire

36.8 x 25.4 x 30.5cm (14 1/2 x 10 x 12")

Calder Foundation

A16051 AC


UNTITLED (THE ARRIVAL OF THE BREMEN OR THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS)


c. 1928

Graphite on paper (?)

Sheet: 21.3 x 27.6cm (8 3/8 x 10 7/8")

Calder Foundation

A22144 AC

HELEN WILLS II


1928

Steel wire and wood

52.7 x 73.7 x 21.6cm (20 3/4 x 29 x 8 1/2")

Calder Foundation

EXH.AC.84

MARION GREENWOOD


1928

Brass-wire

32.1 x 28.3 x 28.9cm (12 5/8 x 11 1/8 x 11 3/8")

Museum of Modern Art

842.66.MoMA

JIMMY DURANTE


1928

Wire

30.5 x 24.1 x 29.2cm (12 x 9 1/2 x 11 1/2")

Lipman, Peter and Beverly

EXH.AC.38

ERHARD WEYHE


1928

Wire and wood

53.3 x 22.9 x 27.9cm (21 x 9 x 11")

Whitney Museum of American Art

EXH.AC.51


STUDY FOR PORTRAIT OF CARL ZIGROSSER


1928

Graphite on cream wove machine-made paper

Sheet: 19.2 x 2cm (7 9/16 x 13/16")

Frame: 37.5 x 47.6 x 3.2cm (14 3/4 x 18 3/4 x 1 1/4")


EXH.AC.53

DRAWING FOR PORTRAIT OF DR. HANS CURLIS


1929

Pencil on paper

Image/Sheet: 21 x 19.7cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/4")

Mat: 40.6 x 33cm (16 x 13")

Doris and Donald Fisher

EXH.AC.76

DR. HANS CURLIS


1929

Wire

30.5 x 19.1 x 17.8cm (12 x 7 1/2 x 7")

Doris and Donald Fisher

EXH.AC.70

BABE RUTH

Artist: Paolo Garretto

Publication: New York World

1929

Pastel, lithographic crayon and gouache on board

Image: 22 x 19.3cm (8 11/16 x 7 5/8")

Sheet: 31.2 x 23.8cm (12 5/16 x 9 3/8")


NPG.93.117

ALINE FRUHAUF


1929

Pencil on paper

Image/Sheet: 19.9 x 13.8cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/16")

Mount: 24.3 x 18.9cm (9 9/16 x 7 7/16")


NPG.95.32


EDUARD PENKALA


1929

Wire

Sculpture without base: 24.1 x 15.2 x 15.2cm (9 1/2 x 6 x 6")

Base: 22.9 x 10.2 x 10.2cm (9 x 4 x 4")

William M. and Janis Wetsman

EXH.AC.66

EDUARD PENKALA


1929

Graphite on paper

Sheet: 20.3 x 13.3cm (8 x 5 1/4")

Frame: 38.1 x 25.4cm (15 x 10")

William M. and Janis Wetsman

EXH.AC.67

JIMMY DURANTE

Artist: Henry Major

1930

Casein on paper

Image: 36.8 x 25.4cm (14 1/2 x 10")

Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")


NPG.87.17

CARL ZIGROSSER

Artist: Mabel Dwight

1930

Lithograph on paper

Image: 33.5 x 28.9cm (13 3/16 x 11 3/8")

Sheet: 57.8 x 40.3cm (22 3/4 x 15 7/8")


NPG.85.133

JENNY SARGENT MCKEAN


1930

Wire

25.4 x 21.6 x 20.3cm (10 x 8 1/2 x 8")

Patience Moore, Susanna Moore, Marian Moore, Rosemary Moore, and Honor Moore

EXH.AC.48


KATHARINE CORNELL

Artist: Alfred J. Frueh

Publication: New Yorker

1931

Opaque white and ink on paper

Image: 19.1 x 10.8cm (7 1/2 x 4 1/4")

Sheet: 32.5 x 29cm (12 13/16 x 11 7/16")


NPG.93.171

ALEXANDER CALDER IN HIS PARIS STUDIO, 14 RUE DE LA COLONIE

Artist: Marc Vaux

1931


Image: 85 x 117cm (33 7/16 x 46 1/16")

Calder Foundation

EXH.EE.1325

BABE RUTH (HALL OF FAME)


c. 1936

Wood, wire, and paint

23.5 x 17.8 x 11.4cm (9 1/4 x 7 x 4 1/2")

Calder Foundation

A03072 AC

BABE RUTH


c. 1936

Galvanized iron wire

23.2 x 22.5 x 19.4cm (9 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 7 5/8")

Calder Foundation

A03074 AC

KATHARINE CORNELL


1931

Wood

57.2 x 24.1 x 22.9cm (22 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9")

Calder Foundation

A19724 AC


HELEN WILLS MOODY

1933


Image: 70 x 87.5cm (27 9/16 x 34 7/16")


EXH.EE.1107

ALINE FRUHAUF SELF-PORTRAIT

Artist: Aline Fruhauf

1933

Lithograph with pencil on paper

Image: 32.3 x 22.8cm (12 11/16 x 9")

Sheet: 48.2 x 31.8cm (19 x 12 1/2")


NPG.83.63

FERNAND LÉGER WITH CALDER'S "FERNAND LÉGER" (1930) IN PARIS

Artist: Walter Limot

1934


Image: 70 x 107.5cm (27 9/16 x 42 5/16")

EXH.EE.1109

JOSEPHINE BAKER

Artist: Paolo Garretto

Publication: Vanity Fair

1935

Charcoal, pencil and gouache on paper

Image/Sheet: 31.5 x 24 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16")

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22")


NPG.94.64

ALEXANDER CALDER

Artist: Herbert Matter

1936


Image: 85 x 85cm (33 7/16 x 33 7/16")

EXH.EE.1136


ALEXANDER CALDER


1936


Image: 85 x 80cm (33 7/16 x 31 1/2")

EXH.EE.1137

ALEXANDER CALDER'S ROXBURY STUDIO


1941


Image: 85 x 80cm (33 7/16 x 31 1/2")

EXH.EE.1340

ALEXANDER CALDER IN HIS ROXBURY STUDIO


1941


Image: 85 x 80cm (33 7/16 x 31 1/2")

Calder Foundation

EXH.EE.1326

CURT VALENTIN


1944

Pen and black ink on wove paper

Sheet: 28.6 x 26.4cm (11 1/4 x 10 3/8")

Frame: 44.8 x 60cm (17 5/8 x 23 5/8")

National Gallery of Art

EXH.AC.30

JIMMY DURANTE

Artist: Harry Warnecke

c. 1950


Image: 70 x 52.5cm (27 9/16 x 20 11/16")


EXH.EE.1106


ARTHUR MILLER

Artist: Arnold A. Newman

1946


Image: 70 x 50cm (27 9/16 x 19 11/16")


EXH.EE.1111

STUDY FOR MARY LOUISE REYNOLDS COLLECTION LABEL

Artist: Marcel Duchamp

c. 1951

Pen and black ink, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on off-white wove

paper

Sheet: 35.8 x 27.7cm (14 1/8 x 10 7/8")

Art Institute of Chicago

EXH.AC.59

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE


1947

Ink on paper

Sheet: 20.3 x 14.9cm (8 x 5 7/8")

Calder Foundation

A10523 AC

EDGARD VARÈSE

Artist: Naomi Savage

1949


Image: 70 x 55cm (27 9/16 x 21 5/8")


EXH.EE.1110

UNTITLED (MOBILE WITH WIRE FIGURE OF SAUL STEINBERG)


c. 1954

Mobile of sheet metal, wire, string, and paint

110.5 x 152.4 x 45.7cm (43 1/2 x 60 x 18")

Schwab, Charles and Helen

EXH.AC.61


MIRÓ, TAMAYO AND JEANNERET


1949

Oil on canvas

Stretcher: 76.2 x 106.7cm (30 x 42")

Calder Foundation

A02567 AC

SAUL STEINBERG

Artist: Hans Namuth

1952


Image: 67.5 x 70cm (26 9/16 x 27 9/16")


EXH.EE.1114

ALEXANDER CALDER

Artist: Agnès Varda

1955


Image: 250 x 210cm (98 7/16 x 82 11/16")

EXH.EE.1123

SELF-PORTRAIT AS FALLEN ANGEL

Artist: John D. Graham

c. 1955

Ballpoint pen on paper

Sheet: 42.9 x 35.1cm (16 7/8 x 13 13/16")

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9cm (28 x 22")


NPG.2002.258

STANDING WOMAN WITH CATS


1955

Pen and Ink on white wove paper

Sheet: 36.8 x 29.2cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2")

Art Institute of Chicago

EXH.AC.57


ALEXANDER CALDER SELF-PORTRAIT


1957

Ink on paper

Sheet: 36.8 x 31.8cm (14 1/2 x 12 1/2")

Mat: 71.1 x 55.9cm (28 x 22")


NPG.2002.221

BEN SHAHN


1963

Ink on paper

Image: 64.8 x 32.4cm (25 1/2 x 12 3/4")

Sheet: 75.4 x 54cm (29 11/16 x 21 1/4")


NPG.98.26

ALEXANDER CALDER WITH "EDGAR VARESE" & "UNTITLED," SACHÉ,

FRANCE

Artist: Ugo Mulas

1963


Image: 100 x 150cm (39 3/8 x 59 1/16")

Archivio Ugo Mulas

EXH.EE.1135

ARTHUR MILLER


c. 1972

Felt-tip ink on painted gypsum board

Frame: 71.1 x 76.2cm (28 x 30")

Jane M. Doyle

EXH.AC.26

CALDER MAKING HIS WIRE SELF-PORTRAIT

Artist: Gjon Mili

January 1, 1968


Image: 85 x 129cm (33 7/16 x 50 13/16")

EXH.EE.1154



Artist: Gjon Mili

January 1, 1968


Image: 85 x 58.5cm (33 7/16 x 23 1/16")

EXH.EE.1155


Artist: Gjon Mili

January 1, 1968


Image: 85 x 58.5cm (33 7/16 x 23 1/16")

EXH.EE.1157

SELF-PORTRAIT


1968

Wire

44.5 x 24.8 x 45.7cm (17 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 18")

Calder Foundation

A01092 AC

TRIBUTE TO MARCEL DUCHAMP


1969

Pen and ink on paper (unbound booklet)

Closed: 21.6 x 16.5cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2")

Open: 21.6 x 33cm (8 1/2 x 13")

Calder Foundation

A23050 AC

MAN RAY


1974

Chromolithograph on paper

Image: 44.1 x 36.2cm (17 3/8 x 14 1/4")

Sheet: 50.2 x 37.7cm (19 3/4 x 14 13/16")


NPG.93.3


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