Black Boomerang and Polygons / Alexander Calder
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.21
- Title
- Black Boomerang and Polygons
- Artist
- Alexander Calder
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898 - 1976
- Medium and Support
- aluminum, steel, brass, and paint
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- abstract
- Inscription
- Inscribed on base. CA
- Dimensions
- 52 cm x 69 cm x 44.5 cm (20 1/2 in. x 27 3/16 in. x 17 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- mobile
- Physical Description
- A base composed of a red section that lies on the floor and a black section that rises to narrow point. On the point rests the moving part of the "mobile"--one arm extends out and ends in a black boomerang; the other extends out then attaches to a vertical arm that has yellow polygons on either end.
- Subject Matter
- The abstractionist's interest in the rhythm and motion created by the way shapes, lines, and colors interact with one another is here put in actual motion in the form of a mobile.
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- abstraction
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- geometric concepts
- geometric figures
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mathematical concepts
- modern and contemporary art
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- objects we use
- people and culture
- plane figures
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by form
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual and tactile
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 940 x 1354
- File Size
- 52 KB
- Record
- 1986/2.21
- Link to this Item
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"Black Boomerang and Polygons; Alexander Calder." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1986-sl-2.21/1986_2.21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.