Alexander Stirling Calder - Selected Works

Selected Works

  • Dr. Samuel D. Gross Monument (1895–97, bronze), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1970, this stood on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..
  • Man Cub: "Sandy" Calder at Age 3 (1901–02, plaster lost), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A 1906 bronze casting is at PAFA; a 1922 bronze casting is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Sundial, West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1906.
  • Henry Charles Lea Memorial, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1911.
  • An American Stoic, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1912.
  • Star Maiden, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, 1913-15.
  • Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915:
    • The Nations of the West.
    • The Nations of the East.
    • Fountain of Energy.
  • Depew Memorial Fountain, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915-17. Calder completed this commission following Karl Bitter's 1915 death.
  • George Washington as President, Accompanied by Wisdom and Justice, Washington Square Arch, New York City, 1917-18.
  • Ornamental sculpture, "Vizcaya" (James Deering estate), Miami Florida, 1917-19.
  • Swann Memorial Fountain, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1920–24, Wilson Eyre, architect.
  • Scratching Her Heel, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1921.
  • The Last Dryad, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921. A 1926 bronze casting is at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Shakespeare Memorial, opposite Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1923-26.
  • Bust of John James Audubon, Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Bronx, New York, 1927.
  • Leif Eriksson Memorial, Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland, 1929-32.
  • Bust of Robert Henri, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1934.
  • Bust of William Penn, Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Bronx, New York, 1936.
  • Leda and the Swan, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, 1936.
  • Nature's Dance, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1938.
  • Bishop William White, Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1940. This was Calder's last major commission.
  • Bust of Winston Churchill, 1943.

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