{"product_id":"17457-alexander-calder-baeume","title":"Alexander Calder: Trees","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"\u003eAlexander Calder (1898–1976) transposed modernist visual abstraction to space, naming his works allusively for the aspects of motion or balance they portrayed. \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"\u003eLeaving \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eParis\u003c\/st1:City\u003e for his native \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eUnited States\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e in 1933, he settled in an old farmhouse in \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eRoxbury\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, \u003cst1:State w:st=\"on\"\u003eConnecticut\u003c\/st1:State\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, where nature became a new source of inspiration for his creativity. The monumental standing mobile \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eThe Tree\u003c\/I\u003e (1966) demonstrates the relationship between abstraction and realization. In a combination of mobile and stabile, the artist questions the development of the abstract image that can be traced back to the figurative motif of the tree. This work is the focus of Calder Gallery II at the Fondation Beyeler. Centered on the Calder’s outdoor sculpture and his development of large-scale works, the presentation includes original and related maquettes that anticipate \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eThe Tree\u003c\/I\u003e and a striking group of rarely seen sculptures from the 1930s to 1950s.\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003eExhibition schedule: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen\/Basel, June 8, 2013\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma\"\u003e–January 1\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"\u003e2, 2014\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49811862716680,"sku":"9783775737104","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775737104_7ca10720-36df-4263-b8c8-316dbaace5d0.jpg?v=1744039197","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17457-alexander-calder-baeume","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}