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Currently not on view
The Two Arrows,
1966
Alexander Calder, 1898–1976; born Lawnton, PA; died New York, NY; active Paris, France, and Roxbury, CT
x1966-63
One of the foremost sculptors of the twentieth century and an important pioneer of kinetic art, Calder is celebrated for his innovative use of formal elements more traditionally associated with drawing or painting—line, color, and flat, geometric shapes—as the building blocks of his sculptures. The artist developed a passion for gouaches early in his career, through which he furthered his interest in the expressive potential of linear and planar elements. Here Calder created an ebullient composition in which floating circles pierced by feathered arrows evoke the cosmic imagery that underlies much of his abstract vision.
Information
Title
The Two Arrows
Dates
1966
Maker
Medium
Brush and black ink with watercolor and gouache
Dimensions
74.8 × 107.8 cm (29 7/16 × 42 7/16 in.)
frame: 81.6 × 114.6 × 6 cm (32 1/8 × 45 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Franklin H. Kissner
Object Number
x1966-63
Signatures
Signed and dated, bottom right: Calder 66
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Perls Gallery, N.Y.;
- "Gallery of Modern Art: given by George L. Craig, Jr., of the Class of 1921, and Mrs. Craig," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 25, no. 1/2 (1966): p. 54-57., p. 54 (illus.)
- "Acquisitions 1965 and 1966," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 26, no. 1 (1967): p. 2, 19-32., p. 27
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 10, fig. 6
