Fish

Object Details

Artist

Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976

Provenance

Jh Purchased From Diamond, Harold, New York 1963

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 11, ill. p. 13.

SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Grand re-opening exhibition, 1 July 2006-4 July 2007.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Over, Under, Next: Experiments in Mixed Media, 1913-Present," 18 April-8 September 2013, no cat.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.

Published References

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 78, p. 100.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

(1944)

Accession Number

66.785

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Metal, paint, wire, plastic, wood, glass, and ceramic

Dimensions

16 1/4 x 48 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (41.3 x 122.2 x 11.4 cm)

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School

American Abstraction (Mid-Century)

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Record ID

hmsg_66.785

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py23734a97e-bfa0-4ea4-ab80-b70099621e30