Untitled (Man and Woman Walking a Dog)
c. 1930
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View on museum website →Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 15 x 17.3 cm (5 7/8 x 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 38.9 cm (11 9/16 x 15 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.1148
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 ...