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Alexander
Calder, Hen, c. 1944. Wood, paint. 18 1/2"
x 8 1/2" x 3 3/4". Private Collection.
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©
2002 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society
(ARS), New York. Reproduced with permission of the copyright
owner. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited
without permission.
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Hen
is made of four small pieces of wood (Calder liked
to use natural shapes with very little carving).
The sculpture is small, solid, abstracted, but
clearly meant to be a bird.
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"I take a piece of wood I've found, then I change it
just enough so it turns
into something different."
— A. Calder
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