Given unprecedented access to Calder's work and life during the course of their friendship, this title captures Calder's sculptures, the artist at work in his studio and at home with his family in Roxbury, Connecticut. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 310 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2968. . 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Calder by Matter
Publisher: Cahiers d'art
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 2851171011
ISBN 13: 9782851171016
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter, a close friend of Alexander Calder, had the privilege of photographing the artist’s sculptures at different stages of their realization and capturing Calder at work in his studios and in his Roxbury, Connecticut, home. Calder by Matter offers a new perspective on the sculptor’s life and work, presenting over 300 photographs of the artist and his family, many of which are previously unpublished.

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Alexander S. C. Rower is president and founder of the Calder Foundation.

Jed Perl, the art critic for The New Republic, has been called by poet John Ashbery “an almost solitary, essential voice.” His many books include Antoine’s Alphabet: Watteau and His World, Eyewitness: Reports from an Art World in Crisis, and New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century. He is currently working on a biography of Alexander Calder.

John T. Hill's previous books include Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye.

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