Tanguy Calder:
Between Surrealism and Abstraction
April 21 - July 9, 2010
April 21 - July 9, 2010
| First Floor Front gallery room (left to right): ALEXANDER CALDER La Demoiselle, 1939 sheet metal, wire, and paint 58 1/2 x 21 x 29 1/2 inches (148.6 x 53.3 x 74.9 cm) Glenstone YVES TANGUY Earrings for Peggy Guggenheim, ca. 1938 silver, gold, pearls, and oil on shell 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 11/16 inches (7.1 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled (Earrings), ca. 1936 brass 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (16.5 x 3.8 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled, 1935 wire, wood, and screws 15 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches (40.3 x 28.6 x 11.4 cm) Calder Foundation, New York YVES TANGUY Le Géomètre des rêves (The Geometer of Dreams), 1935 oil on canvas 22 x 18 inches (55.9 x 45.7 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Money Bags, 1934 wood 13 7/8 x 15 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (35.2 x 39.4 x 29.5 cm) Calder Foundation, New York YVES TANGUY Le Grand nacré (The Great Nacré Butterfly), 1939 oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 28 inches (92.1 x 71.1 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Peacock, 1941 sheet metal, wire, and paint 36 13/16 x 49 11/16 inches (93.5 x 126.2 cm) Back gallery room (left to right): YVES TANGUY Les Sourciers (The Water-seekers), 1945 oil on canvas 18 x 15 inches (45.7 x 38.1 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Still Life, 1944 bronze 25 1/2 x 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (64.8 x 38.7 x 29.2 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER The Vine, 1944 bronze 26 x 40 x 16 1/4 inches (66 x 101.6 x 41.3 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER The Snag, 1944 bronze 39 x 33 x 21 1/4 inches (99.1 x 83.8 x 54 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Pour 3 ans d'assez bonne conduite, 1939-1943 painted Plexiglass and wire 10 1/4 x 29 inches (26 x 73.7 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest, 1964 YVES TANGUY L'Extinction des espèces II (Extinction of the Species II), 1938 oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (92 x 73 cm) Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, New York ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled (maquette), 1939 sheet metal and paint 21 x 27 x 27 inches (53.3 x 68.6 x 68.6 cm) Calder Foundation, New York ALEXANDER CALDER Red Panel, c. 1938 plywood, sheet metal, rod, string, and paint 48 x 30 x 24 inches (121.9 x 76.2 x 61 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled (Hanging Mobile), 1934 wood, wire and string 48 1/2 x 28 inches (123.2 x 71.1 cm) YVES TANGUY L'Orpailleuse (The Sifter of Gold), 1945 oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches (46 x 38.7 cm) | Second Floor Rotunda (left to right) YVES TANGUY Sans titre (Untitled), 1947 gouache on paper 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER The Big Ear, 1943 sheet metal, bolts, and paint 133 x 72 x 59 inches (337.8 x 182.9 x 149.9 cm) Calder Foundation, New York YVES TANGUY La Grue des sables (Sandpiper), 1946 Gouache, pen, brush and India ink over pencil on buff paper 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (47 x 31.8 cm) Back Gallery (left to right) YVES TANGUY Le Prodigue, 1943 oil on canvas 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled (Constellation), 1943 wood and wire 25 x 9 x 13 inches (63.5 x 22.9 x 33 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Wooden Bottle with Hairs, 1943 wood and wire 23 3/8 x 13 x 12 inches (59.4 x 33 x 30.5 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 50th Anniversary Gift of the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. YVES TANGUY L'Imprévu (The Unforeseen), 1940 oil on canvas 31 3/4 x 25 5/8 inches (80.6 x 65.1 cm) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Gift of Mrs. F. Spencer Goodwin by Deed of Gift ALEXANDER CALDER Constellation, 1942 wood, wire, and paint 13 1/2 x 27 1/4 x 13 inches (34.3 x 69.2 x 33 cm) Calder Foundation, New York ALEXANDER CALDER Tines, 1943 pitchfork tines, glass, wire, shell, string, and paint 50 x 58 x 3 1/2 inches (127 x 147.3 x 8.9 cm) Calder Foundation, New York YVES TANGUY Les Couleurs équivoques (Equivocal Colors), 1943 oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm) Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts Gift of the Lynes Family Collection, 99.5 ALEXANDER CALDER Constellation, 1943 wood and wire 25 x 21 x 6 3/4 inches (63.5 x 53.3 x 17.1 cm) YVES TANGUY Le Prodigue ne revient jamais I (The Prodigal Never Returns I), 1943 oil on canvas 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm) YVES TANGUY Les Jeux nouveaux (New Games), 1940 oil on canvas 13 x 16 inches (33 x 40.6 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Constellation with Red Knife, 1943 wood, wire, and paint 19 x 21 x 15 inches (48.3 x 53.3 x 38.1 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Constellation with Bottles, 1943 wood, wire, and paint 17 x 13 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (43.2 x 33.7 x 32.7 cm) YVES TANGUY L'Oubli des nombres (Forgotten Numbers), 1944 oil on canvas 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (32.7 x 24.8 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Constellation with Bishop, 1943 wood and wire 27 x 40 inches (68.6 x 101.6 cm) YVES TANGUY Vers le nord lentement (Slowly Toward the North), 1942 oil on canvas 42 x 36 1/4 inches (106.7 x 92.1 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson, 1943 YVES TANGUY L'Eau nue (Naked Water), 1942 oil on canvas 35 7/8 x 28 inches (91.1 x 71.1 cm) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972 Front Gallery (left to right) YVES TANGUY Perspectives, 1952 oil on canvas 9 11/16 x 28 inches (50 x 71.1 cm) YVES TANGUY Je me faisais semblant (I was Pretending to Myself), 1948 oil on canvas 39 x 32 inches (99.1 x 81.3 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled, 1942 wood, wire, glass, and string 52 3/4 x 26 x 12 inches (139.1 x 66 x 30.5 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Black Disc with Flags, c.1939 sheet metal, wire, and paint 72 x 92 x 24 inches (182.9 x 233.7 x 61 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled (Mobile with N Degrees of Freedom), 1946 sheet metal, wire, and paint 11 1/4 x 49 x 37 inches (28.6 x 124.5 x 94 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Untitled, c.1948 sheet metal, wire, and paint 13 1/4 x 11 x 5 inches (33.7 x 27.9 x 12.7 cm) YVES TANGUY Qui répondra? (Who will answer?), 1948 oil on canvas 36 1/8 x 28 inches (91.8 x 71.1 cm) ALEXANDER CALDER Seven Black on Black, 1956 sheet metal, wire, and paint 37 1/2 x 55 x 14 inches (95.3 x 139.7 x 35.6 cm) YVES TANGUY Les Saltimbanques (The Saltimbanques), 1954 oil on canvas 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33 cm) |
