Flying Dragon (Calder)

Flying Dragon (Calder)

Sculpture


title = Flying Dragon
artist = Alexander Calder
year = 1975
type = painted steel plate
height = 120
inch = 365
city = Chicago, IL
museum = Art Institute of Chicago (outdoor)

"Flying Dragon" is a sculpture by Alexander Calder in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court (aka North Garden) north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/citi/object?id=73654&collcatid=8|accessdate=2007-06-07|title=Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 (highlights): Flying Dragon|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=2007] It is a painted steel plate work of art created in 1975 measuring 365 (H) x 579 (L) x 335 (W) cm (120 x 228 x 132 in.). It is painted in the signature "Calder Red" (which you also see at the nearby "Flamingo") and is intended to represent a dragonfly in flight.cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/highlight_item.php?acc=1989.52|accessdate=2007-06-07|title=Alexander Calder (highlights): Flying Dragon, 1975|date=2006|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago]

Although Calder is better known for his mobile sculptures often called mobiles, in the later years of his life he produced stationary sculptures (also called stabiles). In 1975, Calder produced a series of Flying Dragon sculptures, one of which recently sold at auction at Sotheby's New York: Wednesday, May 10, 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=6AA013E7D230389AC459FE2EDA2363B2|title=Alexander Calder - Past Auction Results|publisher=artnet|date=2007]

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