| 词条 | Flying Dragon (Calder) |
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| image = | title = Flying Dragon | artist = Alexander Calder | year = 1975 | type = painted steel plate | height_metric = 365 | width_metric = 335 | length_metric = 579 | city = Chicago, IL | coordinates = {{Coord|41.880284|-87.62368|type:landmark_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Chicago | pushpin_map_caption= Location in Chicago | map_size = | 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.[1] 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.).[1] It is painted in the signature "Calder Red" (which is also used in the nearby Flamingo) and is intended to represent a dragonfly in flight.[2] StabilesAlthough 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).[2] In 1975, Calder produced a series of Flying Dragon sculptures, one of which sold at auction at Sotheby's New York: Wednesday, May 10, 2006.[3] Completed in 1975, the Flying Dragon is thought to be the final stabile that Calder personally created. He died less than a year later at the age of seventy-eight [4] AcquisitionA gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Port made this acquisition possible.[4] See also
Notes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/citi/object?id=73654&collcatid=8|accessdate=June 7, 2007|title=Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 (highlights): Flying Dragon|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago|year=2007}} {{Alexander Calder}}{{Grant Park}}{{Chicago-stub}}{{sculpture-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/highlight_item.php?acc=1989.52|accessdate=June 7, 2007|title=Alexander Calder (highlights): Flying Dragon, 1975|year=2006|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=6AA013E7D230389AC459FE2EDA2363B2|title=Alexander Calder - Past Auction Results|publisher=artnet|year=2007}} 4. ^1 {{Cite web | last = Chicago Park District | title = Grant Park: Flying Dragon | url= http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Flying%20Dragon.pdf | accessdate = November 10, 2010 }} 5 : 1975 sculptures|Sculptures of the Art Institute of Chicago|Outdoor sculptures in Chicago|Sculptures by Alexander Calder|Steel sculptures in Illinois |
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