Gwenfritz sculpture at the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington, D.C. by Alexander Stirling Calder located in James M. Goode's The Mall area

Alexander Stirling Calder(click name for more of that artist's work)
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THE GWENFRITZ
by Alexander Calder
American (1898-1976) This stabile, named for Mrs. Gwendolyn Cafritz, is one of the largest and most important produced during Alexander Calder's career. The 35-ton sculpture was designed and fabricated in France and shipped here for installation in June 1969.
Calder was born in Philadelphia, the son and grandson of sculptors. He preferred to train in mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, however, before going to New York in 1923 to study painting and drawing at the Art Students' League. While living in Paris from 1926 to 1938, Calder made a miniature circus of animated wire figures and gave performances that brought him renown. His first mobiles, so named by his friend Marcel Duchamp, appeared in 1931.
The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the National Museum of American Art also display Calder sculptures.
Gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

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See James M. Goode's
'Washington Sculpture'(hardcover p 306 Item #7.23; The Mall area);
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p263 Item #G-15)
Medium: Steel
Artist: Alexander Stirling Calder(click name for more of that artist's work)
Related subjects: Abstract Art
Location: Constitution Ave & 14th St NW (Adjacent to west facade) Washington, D.C.
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Nearest Metro: Smithsonian(Orange - Blue - Silver) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 08580204 (dcMem ID #498 )

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