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Tower with Painting, 1951

Work

Tower with Painting

Date 1951
Media
Wire, wood, sheet metal, paint, and oil on canvas mounted on wood
Dimensions
40" × 60" × 16 5⁄8"
Collection
The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tower, Wall Sculpture
Historical Photos  1
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers (1952)
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison; The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection, 2010
Inventory drawing, Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1952
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Related exhibitions  2
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1952)

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Gongs and Towers. 15 January–10 February 1952.

Solo Exhibition
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1998)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Alexander Calder: 1898–1976. 29 March–12 July 1998.

Solo Exhibition
Archive
Works / Tower 5
Bifurcated Tower (1951)
Bifurcated Tower, 1951
Tower with Orange Band (1951)
Tower with Orange Band, 1951
Tower with Pinwheel (1951)
Tower with Pinwheel, 1951
Demi Gondola (1951)
Demi Gondola, 1951
Works / Wall Sculpture 40
Escutcheon (1954)
Escutcheon, 1954
La Grosse tête (1976)
La Grosse tête, 1976
Untitled (c. 1948)
Untitled, c. 1948
Hand of Fatima (c. 1948)
Hand of Fatima, c. 1948
Related Timeline
1946–1952
1946–1952 International Distinction

Calder had a major show in 1946 at Galerie Louis Carré in Paris for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a seminal essay. He designed sets and costumes for a number of theatrical performances and designed a huge acoustic ceiling for the Aula Magna auditorium at Universidad Central de Venezuela. In 1952, Calder represented the United States at the Venice Biennale, winning the grand prize for sculpture.