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Transparence: Calder / Picabia

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Transparence: Calder / Picabia


Released at the opening of the historic exhibition 'Transparence: Calder / Picabia' at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich in mid-2015, this exhibition catalogue reveals the remarkable dialogue between Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) and Francis Picabia (1879 – 1953), two great innovators of twentieth-century modernism.

Language

English

Publisher

Hauser & Wirth Publishers / Hatje Cantz

Composition

Hardcover

Contributors

George Baker, Arnauld Pierre, Alexander S. C. Rower

Pages

120 pages

Size

34.2 x 25.8 cm

ISBN

9783775740524

Publication Date

Jul-15

The Artist

ALEXANDER CALDER

Alexander Calder was born in 1898, the second child of artist parents—his father was a sculptor and his mother a painter. In his mid-twenties, Calder moved to New York City, where he studied at the Art Students League and worked at the ‘National Police Gazette,’ illustrating sporting events and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Shortly after his move to Paris in 1926, Calder created his ‘Cirque Calder’ (1926–31), a complex and unique body of art. It wasn’t long before his performances of the ‘Cirque’ captured the attention of the Parisian avant-garde.

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