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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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