Description
Yale University Press/Calder Foundation, New Haven, 2007. Soft cover, near fine, inside and out. Essays by Alexander S.C. Rower, Mark Rosenthal, and Jane Adlin. Chronology. Illustrated in colour throughout. 12″ high x 10″ wide, 287 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
“A must-have. Perfect for Calder aficionados who have collected (or want to collect) his artwork since the 1950’s. If you are a beginning metalsmith you will absolutely love the photographs in this book. Printed on thick gorgeous paper, every photo is sharp and clear. An exhaustive catalogue of all the jewelry that Calder created throughout his life (much of it for his wife), explaining when he made it and where/when it was sold, often with his handwritten notes and drawings. On the other hand, it is a book solely of inspiration–although he eventually got into cutting, soldering and riveting, many of his earlier pieces are just bent and hammered pieces of wire. But, oh, the shapes he was able to make from that wire! If you are any kind of an artist looking at this book, you will think (as I did), “Oh, I could make that!” which leads me to believe that Calder inspired the past 10 decades of the contemporary jewelry movement. You, too, will be inspired by this book!” Susan W. Swartz
