Object Details
- photographer
- Mendoza, Sarita Guardia de, 1923-1994
- Subject
- Calder, Alexander
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- No place, unknown, or undetermined
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm.
- Summary
- Calder marks a piece of metal sculpture with chalk.
Photo taken in Caracas at Escuela Técnica Industrial of the UCV (Central University of Venezuela), where Calder had been invited by his friend the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva.
This photograph was previously attributed to Hermann Landshoff, but identification of location, photographer, and date are derived from email correspondence with Mendoza's son Claudio Mendoza. This picture is one of several taken by Mendoza during Calder's stay in Caracas. - Citation
- Sarita Guardia de Mendoza. Alexander Calder marking a piece of metal, 1955 August. Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1955 August
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)3125
- Type
- Photographs
- See more items in
- Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Artists at or with their work
- Metal sculpture
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_3125
