De Hond
PID
8w3806rf55

The dog

By
Alexander Calder
Photographer
Hugo Maertens

About this artwork

For the works of the American artist Alexander Calder the 'king of the iron wire who are not set in motion by wind water or a motor, Arp introduced the term' stabiles'. This is in contrast to the 'mobiles' so named by Duchamps who made Calder from 1932 onwards. The Dog is a unique specimen from a series of large stabiles for a sensational traveling exhibition from 19591960 one of the key moments in Calder's long artistic development. At the request of architect Eliot Noyes, he then created a reinforced and successful version of the stable Black beast from 1940 as the occasion for the exhibition. With a simplicity of means, the dog, as a mythical creature, appeals to the imagination of man in the surrounding machine world.

About the artist

The dog
Photo number
0200002000
Inventory number
MID.B.383
The dog
Photo number
0200002000
Inventory number
MID.B.383
The dog
Photo number
0200002000
Inventory number
MID.B.383