Open daily. Always free.
Vertical Beyond the Horizontal (Verticale hors de l'horizontale)

Vertical Beyond the Horizontal (Verticale hors de l'horizontale)

Alexander Calder

Artist
Alexander Calder
(American, 1898 - 1976)
Title
Vertical Beyond the Horizontal (Verticale hors de l'horizontale)
Date
1950
Medium
Aluminum, iron alloy, and paint
Dimensions
67 in. H overall
Credit
Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection
Accession No.
2012.54.8.7
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
United States

Related

ca. 1950, Galerie Maeght (Paris, France); between 1950-1954? purchased by Philippe Dotremont (Brussels, Belgium); 14 April 1965, sold from the collection of Philippe Dotremont (Brussels, Belgium) by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, NY) [sale no. 2345, lot 9] to [and jointly owned by] Alvin S. Lane (Riverdale, NY) and Henry Klein (Harrison, NY); 11 March 1970, Alvin S. Lane (New York, NY) purchased remaining title from Jeffrey and Norman Klein (Syracuse, NY) [Henry Klein’s sons]; 13 December 2007, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. pp. 39, 73, cat. no. 8.7; pl. 3
  • University of Wisconsin Foundation. "2007 University of Wisconsin Foundation Annual Report on Stewardship." Madison: UW Foundation, 2007. p. 29
  • Larry Aldrich Museum, The. "Brandeis University Creative Art Awards 1957-1966." Ridgefield, Conn.: The Larry Aldrich Museum, 1966. cat. no. 44
  • Time Magazine (April 23, 1965): 66. p. 66
  • Galerie Maeght. "Calder: Mobiles et Stabiles." Paris: Galerie Maeght, 1950. cat. no. 32

  • Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
  • Lane Collection, The: Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Sculptors' Works on Paper: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/30/1995–12/3/1995
  • Brandeis University Creative Art Awards 1957-1966: The Larry Aldrich Museum, 4/17/1966–7/3/1966
  • Calder: Mobiles et Stabiles: Galerie Maeght, Paris, 6/30/1950–7/27/1950

The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes comments or inquiries about works in our collection. Please allow two–three weeks for a response. Chazen staff is not able to provide valuations or authentications and such inquiries cannot be answered.

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.