- Flying Dragon (Calder)
Sculpture
title = Flying Dragon
artist =Alexander Calder
year =1975
type = paintedsteel plate
height = 120
inch = 365
city =Chicago, IL
museum =Art Institute of Chicago (outdoor)"Flying Dragon" is a
sculpture byAlexander Calder in theArt Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court (aka North Garden) north of theArt Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago,Illinois .cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/citi/object?id=73654&collcatid=8|accessdate=2007-06-07|title=Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 (highlights): Flying Dragon|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=2007] It is a paintedsteel platework of art created in 1975 measuring 365 (H) x 579 (L) x 335 (W) cm (120 x 228 x 132 in.). It is painted in the signature "Calder Red" (which you also see at the nearby "Flamingo") and is intended to represent adragonfly in flight.cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/contemporary/highlight_item.php?acc=1989.52|accessdate=2007-06-07|title=Alexander Calder (highlights): Flying Dragon, 1975|date=2006|publisher=The Art Institute of Chicago]Although 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). In 1975, Calder produced a series of Flying Dragon sculptures, one of which recently sold at auction at
Sotheby's New York: Wednesday,May 10 ,2006 . [cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=6AA013E7D230389AC459FE2EDA2363B2|title=Alexander Calder - Past Auction Results|publisher=artnet|date=2007]Notes
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