Four Petals
c. 1960
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite on two sheets of wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.) overall size: 27.9 x 50.2 cm (11 x 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls
Accession Number
1996.120.35.a-b
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 ...