Miniature version of
Alexander Calder's "East Building Mobile" made especially for the National Gallery. The Gallery has a terrific collection of Calder's work, including his wire sculpture, "Aztec Josephine Baker" (right; click to enlarge). Unfortunately, the huge version of the "East Building Mobile" is currently not on display; it's in a shop somewhere being "refurbished" or something because we were told it had begun to rust and wasn't moving freely in the breeze as it was designed to do. If you want to see it, visit the East Wing of the National Gallery after April 2005. In the meantime, you can still see the miniature, as well as lots of other great pieces. The
Calder Foundation website has also put images of his work online with better pictures than I'll probably ever take, so go there for the real deal.
Miniature version of Alexander Calder's "East Building Mobile" made especially for the National Gallery. The Gallery has a terrific collection of Calder's work, including his wire sculpture, "Aztec Josephine Baker" (right; click to enlarge). Unfortunately, the huge version of the "East Building Mobile" is currently not on display; it's in a shop somewhere being "refurbished" or something because we were told it had begun to rust and wasn't moving freely in the breeze as it was designed to do. If you want to see it, visit the East Wing of the National Gallery after April 2005. In the meantime, you can still see the miniature, as well as lots of other great pieces. The Calder Foundation website has also put images of his work online with better pictures than I'll probably ever take, so go there for the real deal.
