Alexander Calder
(Philadelphia, PA, 1898 - 1976, New York, NY)
Yellow Sail
1950
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
painted metal and wire
Credit Line:
Museum purchase, 1951
Accession Number:
1951.1217
Dimensions:
30 x 84 in.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
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Inaugural Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
, 4/6/1956 - 9/1/1956
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Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture from American Colleges and Universities, Inaugural Exhibition
Ackland Art Museum, UNC Chapel Hill
, 9/20/1958 - 10/20/1958
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Unknown (Winthrop College, 1963)
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC
, 9/29/1963 - 11/3/1963
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American Painting and Sculpture 1900 to 1945
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
, 11/11/1978 - 12/23/1978
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Of Space and Time. Motion In Art
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
, 10/11/1985 - 8/31/1986
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Changing Perceptions. The Evolution of Twentieth Century American Art
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 9/23/1990 - 11/11/1990
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Collection Highlights (Winter/Spring 1991)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 1/1/1991 - 6/1/1991
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Collection Highlights (Summer 1993)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 6/1/1993 - 00/00/00
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Collection Highlights (Winter '95 - Winter '97)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 12/1/1995 - 2/19/1997
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Collection Highlights (Fall 1997)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 9/1/1997 - 11/1/1997
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Collection Highlights (Summer 1999)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 6/1/1999 - 00/00/00
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Collection Highlights (Fall 1999)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 10/11/1999 - 00/00/00
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American Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1900-1960
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 8/17/2003 - 1/18/2004
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American Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1900-1960
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 7/11/2004 - 1/2/2005
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American Art 1900-1960: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro
, 7/17/2005 - 10/23/2005
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Figured/Out: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
, 3/11/2007 - 7/8/2007
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American Art, 1900-1960: Shifting Directions
Weatherspoon Art Museum
, 8/9/2009 - 11/29/2009
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Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
, 6/26/2010 - 10/17/2010
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Weatherspoon Art Museum: 70 Years of Collecting
Weatherspoon Art Museum
, 2/6/2011 - 5/1/2011
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Decade by Decade: Art Acquired in Its Time
Weatherspoon Art Museum
, 10/4/2016 - 12/23/2016
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For All Time: Interpretations of the Fourth Dimension from the Collection
Weatherspoon Art Museum
, 8/19/2017 - 2/11/2018
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Slow Looking/Deep Seeing
Weatherspoon Art Museum
, 1/16/2021 - 6/19/2021
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Nancy Doll
and Elaine Gustafson.
Weatherspoon Art Museum: 70 Years of Collecting
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
2010
Page Number: p. 87
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Lynne Warren.
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy
Thames & Hudson.
2010
Page Number: p. 145 (plate 61), p. 173
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Will South.
WAM Gallery Guide: Figured/Out: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection
Weatherspoon Art Museum.
Greensboro, NC
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Will South.
Gregory D. Ivy: Making North Carolina Modern
Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Museum.
2005
Page Number: fig. 17, p. 43
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Will South.
WAM Gallery Guide: American Art. Selections from the Permanent Collection 1900-1960
Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Museum.
2003
Page Number: fig. 11
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Unknown.
"Art Gallery Collection Growing" (Greensboro Record)
Greensboro Record.
1969-07-05
Page Number: unknown
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Evalyn P. Gill.
"Name 'Calder' Means Mobiles" (Greensboro Daily News)
Greensboro Daily News.
1975-04-10
Page Number: D9
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Joan M. Marter.
Alexander Calder
New York: Cambridge University Press.
1991
Page Number: pl. 4
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"Of Space and Time: Motion in Art" (Preview)
Preview (NC Museum of Art).
1985/Fall
Page Number: pp. 22-23
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Of Space and Time. Motion in Art
Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art.
1985
Page Number: cat. #7
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American Painting and Sculpture 1900 to 1945
Charlotte NC: Mint Museum of Art.
1978
Page Number: cat. #42
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Mary C. Miler.
Color for Interior Architecture
New York: John Wiley and Sons.
1997
Page Number: color pl. 14
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Ruth K. Beesch.
Changing Perceptions. The Evolution of Twentieth Century American Art
Greensboro, NC: University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
1990
Page Number: pp. 56-7
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