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Spider by Alexander Calder — VisualArtsDB

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Spider

Alexander Calder

1939

Medium: Painted sheet aluminum, steel rod, and steel wire
Dimensions: 6' 8 1/2" x 7' 4 1/2" x 36 1/2" (203.5 x 224.5 x 92.6 cm)
Genre: sculpture
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Alexander Calder, 1939

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Blue Half Circle

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Alexander Calder, 1931

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Alexander Calder, 1946

Streetcar

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Alexander Calder, 1951

Colophon page, from Conspiracy, The Artist as Witness

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Black Dots

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Alexander Calder, 1941

Lithograph inscribed "With love to Mary and Marcel from Sandy Nov/46"

Lithograph inscribed "With love to Mary and Marcel from Sandy Nov/46"

Alexander Calder, 1946

Man, Woman, Dog, Bird, Sun

Man, Woman, Dog, Bird, Sun

Alexander Calder, 1918

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Alexander Calder, 1959