Item Information
Title: Alexander Calder laying out a design
Date: 1955 August
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 22 x 19 cm
Description: Shows Calder laying out a design on a piece of metal.
Identification on verso (handwritten): "Caracas 55 workshop of university."
Photo taken in Caracas at Escuela Técnica Industrial of the UCV (Central University of Venezuela), where Calder had been invited by his friend the architect Carlos Raul Villanueva.
Identification of location, photographer, and date from email correspondence with Mendoza's son Claudio Mendoza. This picture is one of several taken by Mendoza during Calder's stay in Caracas.
Creator: Mendoza, Sarita Guardia de, 1923-1994, photographer
Forms part of: Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Sarita Guardia de Mendoza. Alexander Calder laying out a design, 1955 August. Alexander Calder papers, 1926-1967. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 3127