Form Against Yellow (Yellow Panel)

Date
Artist
Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976
Provenance
Harold Diamond, New York, to 1968
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, Canberra. "Surrealism: Revolution by Night," 12 March-2 May 1993, no. 20, color ill. p. 18. TOUR: QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, Brisbane, 21 May-11 July; ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Sydney, 30 July-19 September.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Alexander Calder, 1898-1976," 29 March-12 July 1998. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 5 September-1 December.
FONDATION BEYLER, Basel, Switzerland. "Calder/Miró," 2 May-5 September 2004. TOUR: THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 9 October-23 January 2005.
TATE MODERN, London. "Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture," 11 November 2015-3 April 2016, color ill. p. 169.
Published References
MARTER, JOAN M. Alexander Calder (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 177, ill. p. 178.
RIMANELLI, DAVID. "Alexander Calder: National Gallery of Art," Artforum (Summer 1998), color ill. p. 123.
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School
American Abstraction (Mid-Century)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
72.53
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Sheet metal, paint, wood, steel rod, and wire
Dimensions
48 1/8 × 32 1/8 × 30 1/2 in. (123.2 × 82.6 × 77.5 cm) [irreg.]