Flying Colors
Alexander Calder
1976
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color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 63.5 x 90.7 cm (25 x 35 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Employees of Braniff Airways, Inc.
Accession Number
1976.55.1
About the Artist
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898, in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, into a family of sculptors spanning three generations: his grandfather Alexander Milne Calder created the colossal bronze William Penn atop Philadelphia City Hall, and his father Alexander Stirling Calder was a celebrated monumental sculptor. Despite this lineage, Calder first pursued mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute ...