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Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette)

Photograph of an orange-red abstract sculpture of thin, rounded metal sheets bent in a manner suggesting wings, with a long, thin appendage, resting on an outdoor lawn.
© 2018 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Photograph of an orange-red abstract sculpture of thin, rounded metal sheets bent in a manner suggesting wings, with a long, thin appendage, resting on an outdoor lawn.

Date:

1975

Artist:

Alexander Calder
American, 1898–1976

About this artwork

Status

On View, North Garden

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Alexander Calder

Title

Flying Dragon (intermediate maquette)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1975

Medium

Steel plate and paint

Dimensions

365 × 579 × 335 cm (120 × 228 × 132 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Port

Reference Number

1989.52

Copyright

© 2018 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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