Research Catalog

Title

Simplicity of means : Calder and the devised object / [essay, Jessica Holmes].

Author

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976.

Publication

New York : Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Holmes, Jessica.
• Jonathan O'Hara Gallery.

Description

80 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"Dinner bells, chess sets, ashtrays, candelabra, key rings, door latches, forks, spoons, tie racks, toys and long, duck-like cigarette holders are just some of the hand-made domestic objects that the important and prolific American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976) made out of humble, recycled materials for his homes and his loved ones over the course of his long career. This volume features 52 diverse, often anthropomorphic, but always functional objects that represent this limited and rarely seen facet of Calder's oeuvre. It is the first to focus on Calder's purely utilitarian art since 1989. Jessica Holmes writes in her introduction, "Combining a profound comprehension of mechanics with an aesthetic sensibility, Calder produced a household full of practical items that are mundane in name only - ashtray, folding table, toaster - names that belie a fantastic integration of function and form.""--Jacket

Alternative Title

Calder and the devised object

Subject

• Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 > Exhibitions
• Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
• Calder, Alexander
• Objektkunst

Genre/Form

• Catalog
• Exhibition
• exhibition catalogs.
• catalogs (documents)
• Catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogs.
• Catalogues d'exposition.
• Catalogues.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, New York, Oct. 25-Dec. 8, 2007.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

A broc is a beautiful thing: Calder's domestic treasures / Jessica Holmes.

ISBN

• 9780974075167
• 0974075167

OCLC

• ocn182522502
• 182522502
• SCSB-1456673

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library