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Cambridge University Press, Published 1997. Paperback, xvi + 302 pp.; 28 cm; First paperback edition (first published in hardcover 1991); illustrated with 8 color plates and 170 black-and-white halftones.
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In Very Good condition. The glossy pictorial paper covers feature a photograph of a Calder stabile installed before a modernist building; light bumping to the edges and mild surface wear. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked.[From back cover] This study provides the most complete scholarly account yet published of the life and work of Alexander Calder, one of the most important artists of the modern era. Working in Europe during the 1920s, he was exposed to a range of avant-garde art. Calder's abiding interest in American folk art was fundamental to the evolution of his wood and wire sculptures, which fundamentally challenged the principles of Western sculpture. Including 8 color plates and 170 halftones, many published here for the first time, Alexander Calder is an absorbing study of Calder's special contribution to twentieth century art and culture.Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Formative Years: Early Drawings and Paintings; First Years in Paris: Wood and Wire Sculptures, 1926-1930; The Birth of an Abstract Style; Calder as Choreographer, 1936-1942; Calder as a Public Artist: 1940s and 1950s; Late Years: Monumental Works; Notes; List of Solo Exhibitions; Selected Bibliography; Index; Photographic and Literary Credits.