Sow

Alexander Calder · 1928

You're looking at Sow — a sculpture by Alexander Calder, nineteen twenty-eight. The piece is steel wire, about 20 by 43 centimeters. In the picture, look for the dog. Calder was part of the kinetic art movement.

Medium Steel wire · Dimensions 7 1/2 x 17 x 3" (19.5 x 43.2 x 7.6 cm) · Credit Gift of the artist

Hanging beside it in Gallery 519: Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Cow

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Study of a Baboon, Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris

More by Alexander Calder here: Brooch, Cow, Gibraltar, Spider, Constellation with Red Object